The immortal warriors and Andromache reunite to face an enemy they never expected: the oldest immortal that ever existed.
Interesting parts, uninteresting sum… The film we’ve been waiting for for some time. Five years after the original, The Old Guard (2020): https://kaygazpro.com/the-old-guard-2020-action-fantasy/, director Victoria Mahoney takes over from Gina Prince-Bythewood, and the result… is not flattering, I’m afraid. This merely means, of course, that the problematic final cut is her fault. Netflix, Skydance, the writers and their borderline wokism are all part of it. First things first, though…
The story is great! The inciting incident, its direction, and the build-up look great on paper. The plot, dialogue, and character development (except for Booker’s), on the other hand, are spoon-fed and watered down to death. And I’ve said it more times than I can count: Undermine the audience’s intelligence and see what happens. For people who are thousands of years old, the things they say and do often fail to meet expectations. So, it’s a shame, really…
From a cinematic point of view, it’s the same. Short shots, multiangularity, multichopped editing… There is nothing original or impressive about a film that they had five years to prepare and deliver. Except for the emotional moment between Booker and Andy, it certainly lacked depth, which is ironic given Quyhn’s situation and the way filmmakers mishandled that.
However, let me conclude by saying that the cast is exceptional: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Henry Golding, Veronica Ngo, and Uma Thurman all do a great job, despite their characters facing irreparable issues. Again, Theron vs Thurman should be the cinematic event of the year, but like everything else, the filmmakers didn’t know what to do with what they had.
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