Directed by John Michael McDonagh The Guard is what Green Book wanted to be, weirdly enough. It's a murder mystery of sorts that quickly moves into the same action-comedy territory as another Brendan Gleeson film, 2008's In Bruges (directed by John Michael McDonagh's brother Martin). Within this the two central protagonists are the Irish Gerry Boyle (Gleeson) … Continue reading The Guard (2011)
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Traffic (2000)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh Traffic is Steven Soderbergh's sprawling epic about drugs, covering the people who sell it, consume it and who try to stop it. The film features an ensemble cast that in some instances never connect. It is the drug trafficking vision of The Longest Day (1962), the massive war film about the D-Day … Continue reading Traffic (2000)
