Question: The Guard is a 2011 Irish buddy cop comedy film that become the  the most successful independent Irish film of all time when it overtook a film heavily influenced by what novel?
Sentence (from "Alien Nation (film)"): The plot integrates the neo-noir and buddy cop film genres with a science fiction theme, centering on a union between a veteran police investigator (Caan) and an extraterrestrial (Patinkin); the first Newcomer detective.
Relevant evidence: No