Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne and their band of warriors over-immortal come back The old guard 2. With a history of production in difficulty, this very delayed follow -up in the 2020s The old guard Meeting the attractive distribution which made the first film so completely fun. And although the extensive reshuffles are based well with the main photography images, the final film of its entirety seems a little after its peak.

This does not mean that the film lacks merit. Addition of two convincing artists to the distribution, with a formidable choreography of waterfall and combat and no shortage of jet set locations, The old guard 2 More than held as a result of some of his most swollen inspirations. And, in a cinematographic landscape populated by too produced, redundant and increasingly complicated consequences, the film, like a Cross of ice cream, will have good taste for viewers who are looking for something to put into play one evening. But also like ice cream, it lacks nutritional value and will not linger long in memory.

The old guard 2 resumed 6 months after the first film

The mercenaries of the old guard are on mission

Set six months later The old guard,, The old guard 2 Resumes with the now fatal Andromeda (Theron) directs its group of secret warriors, who all have an ability that prevents them from aging, and allows them to cure even the deepest wounds. The team moves in the shadows, taking mercenaries work, always trying to improve the world a little better during their assignments. His team includes the Nile (Layne), the most recent Immortal to join the group; The Gay couple Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli), and the expert in deadly technology James Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who joined their crusade in the first film.

As indicated by Victoria Mahoney (taking over from Gina Prince-Bythewood, who led the first outing) The old guard 2 Open on a sequence of wild action, the mercenaries heroes invading a Croatian mansion. The production designer Paki MEDURI uses a lot of bright colors in the scene, juxtaposing bright Blues, Yellows, Oranges and Greens, and to fight the coordinator Georgi Manchev (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor among thieves) Find many ways to keep Theron, Layne and Company involved in certain wild waterfalls. But, in a little meta-prefiguration, The old guard 2 offer little context to the raid. The mercenaries targeted a Croatian arms dealer, but the exhibition stops there.

After the raid, the group receives a word from Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), another Immortal who betrayed the gang in the first film. He discovered that the close friend of Andy thatnh (Veronica Ngô) escaped his captivity at the bottom of the ocean, where she was imprisoned 500 years earlier. Andy, consumed for a long time by his guilt for not having saved quỳnh, hesitates to find her. Instead, Andy meets Tuah (Henry Golding), another Immortal who has hidden for centuries. Tuah works as a librarian in a way, telling and assembling the history of immortals during the millennia, and which uses its conclusions to theorize the nature of their powers and their goal. Tuah warns Andy that a mysterious woman saved quỳnh: the discord of Uma Thurman (no relationship with the popular game server). Tuah also warns Andy that 500 years of drowning will have changed quỳnh. The Nile also recognizes Tuah and Discord of a dream, although it cannot determine its objective.

With a name as “discord”, it should not be surprising that the character of Thurman herself has immortal powers and harmful motifs. The film maintains these disorders for a large part of its runtime, although Discord also seems to have an intense interest in the Nile. When the two finally meet between the body combat scenes and car prosecution, Discord explains that it was the first immortal to have ever walked on earth. The Nile will be the last … But again, the film leaves the complete cloud explanations. The public debates on the part of the history of Discord that the immortals should believe, real reasons for his vendetta against Andy and the company, and the deeper goal of the emergence of Immortals in the first place. It is, of course, if they want to think deeply.

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Old Guard 2 skips the character’s development

Director Victoria Mahoney goes directly to action

The old guard 2 Does not do much beyond offering an attractive cast and some wild waterfalls to be loved to the public. The first film became a surprise success, in part, because it arrived during the Pandemic Covid-19 when everyone needed something fun to watch. But his sexy distribution characters, interesting and convincing made him memorable and won the positive film Buzz. The old guard 2Perhaps because of its roots as a series of cult comics, forget this formula. The first film allowed Theron, one of the great stars of the action of the time, to play his strength: to serve a wild action while bringing a depth of emotion to his character. He did the same for Layne, who became an impressive and attractive action star, playing against his image at the time as a silent and dramatic actress in films such as If Beale Street could speak.

The Mentor-Newbie dynamic between the two big ladies also distinguished the film from so many other action films which often fall back into a similar relationship between two men. Besides, The old guard also introduced a tender romance between Joe and Nicky, and Kenzari and Martinelli had a particular warmth which made their coupling memorable. This time, director Mahoney goes at full speed, abandoning most of the character’s development in favor of action. It makes history huge. The first film, at the base, offered a meditation on the evolutionary nature of time, and how, regardless of the circumstances of an era, love and friendship bother to be lived. The old guard 2 Does not have at this level of furtiveness. Mahoney, working from a script by Greg Rucka (which also created the comic book series), offers a lot of flash but little character or intelligence.

Worse, the Andy-Nile relationship that formed the backbone of the original film takes a rear seat here. As a result, Layne feels wasted. Ejiofor, too, is sidelined like the film’s response to Alfred The Butler, which often passes most of Batman’s adventures to speak to him through a earpiece. Kenzari and Martinelli also have less to do this time, although Mahoney allows them a silent scene of romance. In the midst of all splashes and explosions, it looks like a welcome respite and reminds fans the first film of what made him so interesting. Indeed, The old guard 2 Rest too much on the knowledge of the original film so that the spectator cares about the story or the characters. Most fans should review this film in its entirety before even trying to understand it. Whoever did not see The old guard will spend most of The old guard 2 confused.

It also does not help Mahoney and Rucka do little to develop the stories of Tuah or Discord. Golding gives convincing performance in The old guard 2, But the character does not get much development. Thurman is still doing worse. Since its role in the Kill Bill Films have inspired her cast here – as well as a large part of the action of the film – the fans will wonder why she even took the trouble to sign on such an subscribed role. Thurman brings his presence of steel to the character, and even more than the script, permeates the discord of the presence and the cunning. At the same time, the film depicts it as a bad refugee bad: a character with plans for the domination of the world, which has in a way a private army and endless resources at its disposal. Nevertheless, both Thurman the actress and discord the character feels completely wasted. That said, Mahoney do Allow Thurman and Theron an impressive culminating duel scene reminiscent of Thurman’s incredible cascade on Kill Bill. Mahoney, however, chooses to shoot the scene – like a large part of the action in The old guard 2 – In close -up of trembling cam, lose a feeling of geography and grace in the process.

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The old guard 2 makes Veronica ngô a star

Veronica Ngô, who had only one cameo in the first film, is doing much better The old guard 2, which establishes it as a Fierce talent, both in terms of dramatic and his physique. It corresponds to Theron at each stage of the path in their scenes together; The two actresses engage in whole of their characters, their stories and the pain that underpins their relationship. A body combat scene The old guard 2 could really have done with these characters. Originally announced in 2021, on the success of the first film, The old guard 2 drawn especially in 2022. He then remained unfinished for a full three years In the midst of the Hollywood strikes of 2023, changes in leadership at Netflix, the last days of the pandemic, and the need for reshoot. As mentioned already, the film does not have the usual signs of heavy reminders or DIY behind the scenes. But these problems probably contributed to the feeling of detachment between the plot and the characters. That the film ends with a hardcore cliffhanger adds to frustration: should The old guard 3 Do not do it before the cameras, it will look like an vile end to the characters who once felt so fresh and funny.

The old guard 2 will leave the public by wanting more, but not necessarily in the form of another suite. Despite the formidable cast, a great performance by Ngô and the presence of Thurman and Golding, alchemy never turns into gold. Fans of the first film should appreciate revisiting their beloved characters to a certain extent. Given that five years have passed since the first film, however, and since The old guard 2 Fails to develop the characters, even the most excited viewers will leave a little disappointed.

The old guard 2 mix of elements of Mission: Impossible And Highlander series. This mixture of action and fantasy will occupy occupied viewers while looking. A bit like another guilty pleasure action film produced by Netflix, Stone heart,, The old guard 2 The air and sounds well. But no quantity of waterfalls and special effects can hide the failure of the film to make its characters – or its distribution – justice. For this reason, the public should claim The old guard 3. It would offer at least one chance to compensate for the narrative gaps here.

The old guard 2

Release date

July 1, 2025

Execution time

104 minutes

Director

Victoria Mahoney

Writers

Greg Rucka

Producers

AJ Dix, Charlize Theron, Denis L. Stewart, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Beth Kono, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison

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  Charlize Theron

  Andromache of Scythie / Andy

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Advantages and disadvantages

• The film has a great and interesting cast.
• Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne and Uma Thurman all offer an action with a heart.
• Veronica Ngô gives the remarkable performance of the film.

• This suite does not have the dynamics of the characters and the philosophical meditations of the first film.
• Uma Thurman is wasted on a thin character and cliché of paper.
• Kiki Layne and Chiwetel Ejiofor have gone away from history.
• The film ends with a hard cliffhanger that makes an unsatisfactory end.
• The intrigue is based too much on the spectator after seeing the original film.