The Old Guard

Name: The Old Guard
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy
Released: July 10, 2020
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Adam Basil, Anamaria Marinca, Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 10, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Adam Basil, Anamaria Marinca, Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling, Joey Ansah, KiKi Layne, Luca Marinelli, Marwan Kenzari, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mette Towley, Natacha Karam, Thanh Van Ngo

Summary: Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (Kiki Layne), theLed by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (Kiki Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary. … Expand

Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 125 min

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Bilge Ebiri

Jul 7, 2020

I watch The Old Guard and try to imagine a new world, one where other comic-book movies are this well made and breathtaking. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Jul 3, 2020

Despite the familiarity, The Old Guard manages to be both very grounded and very entertaining, a marriage of expectations and twists unlike little else the genre has inspired even during its most fruitful times. Read full review

David Rooney

Jul 3, 2020

What makes this gripping graphic novel adaptation so distinctive is the trust it places in its audience to stay glued through the quiet, character-building interludes threaded among excitingly varied fight scenes that crescendo in an expertly choreographed showdown. Read full review

Molly Freeman

Jul 3, 2020

What The Old Guard lacks in well-paced, tightly plotted story, it more than makes up for with compelling characters and slick, thrilling fight scenes. Read full review

Sam Adams

Jul 11, 2020

Just let Charlize Theron kick some ass, and leave the thornier moral questions for the sequel. Read full review

Barry Hertz

Jul 3, 2020

There are a few scenes where Theron is an inch away from completely rewriting the proceedings – she just needs a slight jolt in the right direction from her director, a nudge toward chaos. But filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood never quite delivers the inspirational spark her star needs to unleash such fury, and the resulting antics rest somewhere between spectacle and shoulder-shrug. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Jul 10, 2020

The entire affair plays as pro-forma, pre-ordained, pre-digested and pre-dictable. Read full review

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TheEmperor

Jul 10, 2020

Worth the wait! One of the best Netflix movies. An interesting concept and well-paced action made it a thrilling ride.

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Naresh97

Jul 16, 2020

The Old Guard is my most favorite & best movie of this year in my opinion & Summer Blockbuster of 2020 in my opinion. I really loved it enjoyed it. This is one of my favorite Charlize Theron movie.

0 of 6 users found this helpful06

BrokenMindscap

Jul 13, 2020

Wikkid fun!! I got exactly what I wanted from this show and more. For an action, the dialogue was great with some surprisingly good acting from support characters. This one was a lovely surprise, even with a few questionable plot lines.

0 of 5 users found this helpful05

Sn0man

Jul 12, 2020

A typical Netflix movie, it starts out with a promising story, but that story is then plagued with SJW themes and elements that feel forced and come across in the film as either unauthentic or outright manipulative. The acting is generally good, and Charlize Theron carries most of the weightA typical Netflix movie, it starts out with a promising story, but that story is then plagued with SJW themes and elements that feel forced and come across in the film as either unauthentic or outright manipulative. The acting is generally good, and Charlize Theron carries most of the weight in this regard. The new immortal introduced early in the film is acted poorly and written horribly, and is thus generally unlikable. While much of the story is a bore fest, overall the movie is OK, and did a good job leaving itself wide open for a sequel by bringing in an intriguing character right at the end that had only been alluded to earlier in the film. 6/10… Expand

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Ahlgren

Jul 10, 2020

The story is like the store of a child.
This movie turned me to read a book instead.

7 of 10 users found this helpful73

Dfcp

Jul 14, 2020

I have to start by saying I did not read the comics.
Also, being a highlander fan, I thought the immortality theme could go either way. But I enjoyed it, the way it was presented was done in a smart way, making you understand these characters were intended to have some depth. But then it allI have to start by saying I did not read the comics.
Also, being a highlander fan, I thought the immortality theme could go either way. But I enjoyed it, the way it was presented was done in a smart way, making you understand these characters were intended to have some depth. But then it all started to feel like a cliché. Super predictable. The betrayals and twists. The greedy villain with millions in the bank, a mercenary army for hire and zero depth to his character (we needed another one of these right?). The music used was dreadful (low quality EDM really?) and didn't match any scenes. The fight sequences with blades or blunt weapons felt far fetched but I have to say Charlize did look cool holding her axe. The dialogue was also very weak at certain points.
As positives, some acting was good, and you do feel curious about the history and power of the characters. I really liked the relationship between Nick and Joe, and would have loved to see some flashbacks to its start back in the crusades. Felt curious about the character in the flashback, that is dying with Andy and Quynh next to him, but there was no explanation for this moment. I felt like he knew more information about the immortality powers and had been around even before Andy, nonetheless we are left wondering.
Maybe it will be mentioned in the sequel?
Will still give it a rating of 3 since it has some enjoyable moments and I would watch a sequel, regardless of the various moments that made me cringe.… Expand

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Jeshjeshii

Jul 11, 2020

A racist movie, from the way they portrayed the black woman. She had no control on how she would feel good to be portrayed, because you pay her. But it's pure racist, she's treated bad in the movie and there's no where in the movie where's she pays back. So what the movie tries to show is noA racist movie, from the way they portrayed the black woman. She had no control on how she would feel good to be portrayed, because you pay her. But it's pure racist, she's treated bad in the movie and there's no where in the movie where's she pays back. So what the movie tries to show is no matter how much bad (underlined bad) white people do to black folks they will never have to pay for it. So bad....
I hope this review is approved.… Expand

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