The read
Scores higher than 96% of the 2,629 2010s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic78/100
1,452 audience votes
Key crew
- John Michael McDonaghDirector
- John ConvertinoOriginal Music Composer
- Joey BurnsOriginal Music Composer
- CalexicoOriginal Music Composer
- John Michael McDonaghWriter
Cast
- Brendan GleesonSergeant Gerry Boyle
- Don CheadleFBI agent Wendell Everett
- Liam CunninghamFrancis Sheehy
- Mark StrongClive Cornell
- Katarina ČasGabriela McBride
- David WilmotLiam O'Leary
- Rory KeenanGarda Aidan McBride
- Laurence KinlanPhotographer
- Dominique McElligottAoife O'Carroll
- Sarah GreeneSinead Mulligan
- Fionnula FlanaganEileen Boyle
- Gary LydonGarda Inspector Gerry Stanton
Stills
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Themes
prostitutedrug smugglingblackmailrural areairelandbuddy copcopsirish
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