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wouldwebealiveJul 11, 2020

Unnecessarily woke. Too bad, acting was good and story could have been a solid one.

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klebergamerJul 12, 2020

Not even Charlize Theron can save this movie from shame. The Old Guard is filled in SJW agenda and has an unecessary gay kiss. Unfortunately this kind of thing is becoming commonplace in Netflix productions.

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Sn0manJul 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 generallyA 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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MrDobalinaJul 12, 2020

The movie wasn’t actually all that bad but the actress they picked to play the young black girl who was discovering her immortality was a HORRIBLE actress and is why I rated this movie at a 6. Had they picked someone who genuinely deservedThe movie wasn’t actually all that bad but the actress they picked to play the young black girl who was discovering her immortality was a HORRIBLE actress and is why I rated this movie at a 6. Had they picked someone who genuinely deserved the part and didn’t just get it because of diversity standards this movie would have been a lot better. Not any re watch value in my opinion.… Expand

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Stream2BigScreeJul 12, 2020

Welcome back Streamers! This weekend I've chosen continue my quest to guard your eyes and time from middling movie quality. This is why I had to watch The Old Guard. The movie starring Charlize Theron debuted on Netflix this Friday. If youWelcome back Streamers! This weekend I've chosen continue my quest to guard your eyes and time from middling movie quality. This is why I had to watch The Old Guard. The movie starring Charlize Theron debuted on Netflix this Friday. If you follow our IG page, you saw the trailer, but I've included it below as well. The Old Guard is a movie about a group of "immortal" mercenaries that are trying to avoid detection while completing their missions. I know you're intrigued. Sci-fi, action, and Charlize! I'll go ahead and sign you up. But let's see what we got.

How many times can we watch an A-Team type of movie? Now, this A-Team can't die. How many times can we watch John Wick-esque violence? Actually, it is just that exactly what you think will happen happens. The trailer says it all. Okay, sure, we can watch this A-Team movie again. We love a rag-tag team completing missions. And yes, we can watch someone kick butt like John Wick all day long. That's what America is built on, violence! You're right! This cast works well together, except the newbie to the crew, KiKi Layne as Nile, added doesn't quite fit the vibe of the others. But I'm sure she will if they decide to do a sequel. *WINK* The problem becomes we've seen this movie before. Action sequences while good are the same as Underworld, Atomic Blonde, John Wick, etc. Those titles actually are a perfect mixture to describe this movie. Don't we deserve more! Then there's the storyline that is extra basic. Has creativity really been this lost even in the sci-fi genre? This just feels like a sad money grab.

Ok, I'm going to lay into this one. Allow me some rope. Charlize, what are you doing?! I understand you're picking the same type of roles to play because you're BA... I get it... BUT YOU LITERALLY PLAYED THIS ROLE BEFORE. This movie is just your character in Hancock-you mixed with Bloodshot. I was going to say Wonder Woman mixed with Bloodshot, but then I remembered "oh wait this is exactly what Charlize did before except she wasn't a housewife." Shoot, this might as well be that same character after her husband and stepson died and now she's on a rampage for a couple of centuries. I'm just saying, Charlize, I love ya in a action film, but you can take a break from playing this role for a little bit. You've got more in you than just fighting, getting beat up, killing people, and crying. You were still enjoyable in your monotone BA role. Don't even get me started on you, Chiwetel Ejiofor. Get that check, my guy, but also DO BETTER!

Nevertheless, The Old Guard is what you thought it would be. Entertaining action that is sprinkled in between long drawn out predictable storyline sequences. You can keep this on in the background on a Sunday afternoon but otherwise, just stream this if you're bored. A handful of popcorn will be enough to get you through.… Expand

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WorldBFreeJul 15, 2020

Incredibly cliche storyline and bad script. Awful acting by the drug company owner and the young girl immortal. Just a lazy overall effort. Do better hollywood. Also, how does Charlize Theron end up in this mediocre movie? Talk about aIncredibly cliche storyline and bad script. Awful acting by the drug company owner and the young girl immortal. Just a lazy overall effort. Do better hollywood. Also, how does Charlize Theron end up in this mediocre movie? Talk about a waste of talent.… Expand

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narthurJul 10, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A waste of a good concept. I was expecting something like the manga "AJIN", but this is just an action movie where good guys revive. They dont exploit the inmortality aspect at all and the actions scenes are just poor. One scene, when they are fighting they way out of the lab is full of errors, corpses moving or different guns...… Expand

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muldjordJul 12, 2020

Wow, big pharma sure is thrilling... And sadistic. And psychotic. Maybe just a tad too "on-the-nose" for the "evil mastermind". Come on - he's supposed to be a CEO for a successful pharmaceutical company. He comes across as a completeWow, big pharma sure is thrilling... And sadistic. And psychotic. Maybe just a tad too "on-the-nose" for the "evil mastermind". Come on - he's supposed to be a CEO for a successful pharmaceutical company. He comes across as a complete lunatic.

The first half of the movie builds up some interesting plot lines to explore. But when it ends it has barely scratched the surface of any of it. It skips merrily along without daring to go dig deeper. And ultimately that kind of ruins the movie as a whole. There's almost no pay-off. It feels like the movie itself doesn't even know the answers.

But it hints strongly at a sequel, so maybe they just decided to not reveal any of it in the first one. Kind of silly if you ask me.

It was entertaining enough. But the characters often strayed too much from what I could bring myself to believe they'd ever do or how they'd react to the situations they are in. And the amount of "I can't tell you that right now, so I'll just do something stupid to avoid answering" was off the charts.

Yeah, so not a bad movie. It just doesn't do much with the potential it has for something better or more interesting.… Expand

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mixoticJul 13, 2020

It's a decent adventure, if somewhat predictable. Since it's an action movie I kind of expect that. It's not going to grip you and make you think, but it's entertaining. As a review of an action movie I'd probably give it an additional point.It's a decent adventure, if somewhat predictable. Since it's an action movie I kind of expect that. It's not going to grip you and make you think, but it's entertaining. As a review of an action movie I'd probably give it an additional point. It's definitely set up for a sequel. My 12-year-old daughter thought it was great, so take that for what it's worth.… Expand

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thesmilingcanucJul 12, 2020

Not sure how this movie is getting good reviews - mediocre production value, mediocre acting. Really nothing great.

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ukrScorpionJul 14, 2020

Good idea, good actor casting, awesome Charlize Theron.
But so badly storyline... So sadly, i really waiting this movie

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mcblancaflorJul 14, 2020

One of the few movies who actually gives backstory to its side character with decent action sequences. But for real what's with the music choices?!?! A film which is bland in most of its scenes suddenly plays Silence by Khalid x Marshmello.One of the few movies who actually gives backstory to its side character with decent action sequences. But for real what's with the music choices?!?! A film which is bland in most of its scenes suddenly plays Silence by Khalid x Marshmello. It's just a bad film experience.… Expand

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EerieDemonbleJul 10, 2020

Let's be honest here. Charlize Theron is good but she can't carry this one. There are way better movies about immortals. You won't find any interesting characters, stories or ideas here, only some cliche plot and ok(ish) action scenes. ILet's be honest here. Charlize Theron is good but she can't carry this one. There are way better movies about immortals. You won't find any interesting characters, stories or ideas here, only some cliche plot and ok(ish) action scenes. I don't see this becoming franchise like they hoping for.… Expand

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Aryan1Jul 13, 2020

Very predictable and boring, tonnes of cliche..., you'll forget it next day

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kpaulJul 11, 2020

Solid popcorn movie.

KiKi Layne's acting is so far below her co-stars that it makes every scene cringeworthy. She is such an undeveloped actor with less than half as many credits as any of her co-stars, she was way out of her league.Solid popcorn movie.

KiKi Layne's acting is so far below her co-stars that it makes every scene cringeworthy. She is such an undeveloped actor with less than half as many credits as any of her co-stars, she was way out of her league. Charlize Theron's stunt acting was amazing and left her co-stars in the dust. Every actor's fight scenes were hyper-cut besides Charlize. This left me excitedly waiting for her fights.… Expand

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SoulWarfareJul 19, 2020

With more movies constantly being delayed because of the Coronavirus, the only new movies appearing seems to be streaming service movies. The Old Guard is an American superhero (sort of) movie based on the comic book of the same name. It isWith more movies constantly being delayed because of the Coronavirus, the only new movies appearing seems to be streaming service movies. The Old Guard is an American superhero (sort of) movie based on the comic book of the same name. It is directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood who I'll be honest I am not familiar with and also written by Greg Rucka who wrote the comic book. I was very interested in watching this movie after seeing the first trailer as the premise of immortal badasses sounds very interesting. Plus it has Charlize Theron who is awesome and Chiwetel Ejiofor who has always been great in my opinion.

First things I will praise is the main heroes cast. Charlize is still pretty badass as "Andy" and very convincingly so. The new recruit "Nile Freeman" played by KiKi Layne gives a great performance as a sort of POV character for the viewer. The supporting cast is also pretty good with Matthias Schoenaerts as "Booker" giving a very conflicting emotion to being an immortal, Marwan Kenzari as "Joe" who gives a very memorable speech while being very romantic and Luca Marinelli as "Nicky" who is quite the witty guy. Every single one of them is quite charming and from their performance alone can give the audience a sense of their personality. Most of the actors are also great in these action scenes and it is very obvious that these actors threw themselves into practising these action scenes themselves.

The villains in this movie, however, is something I am quite mixed about. Chiwetel Ejiofor plays one of the villain "James Copley" who is meant to be more sympathetic and there is a great emotional performance from him in the third act, comes out as very predictable and plain. Harry Melling from Harry Potter fame as "Steven Merrick" who is the main villain for the second half comes out as over the top and cartooney which contrasts massively with the others who are more grounded and believable.

The action scenes are very clearly inspired by John Wick and are pretty cool to watch albeit they don't do anything new with it. They are filmed a bit weird with a lot of zooms and sometimes random shaky cam although the shakiness isn't Jason Bourne bad and are still visible. My problem is the lack of action scenes. There are not a lot which is kind of disappointing and the trailer pretty much showed all the action scenes in the movie. The premise with the immortals which is one of the reasons why I wanted to watch the movie is generally pretty good and utilised mostly effectively but no character ever loses a limb which is a shame considering you have immortal characters. The rules of their immortality is a bit iffy and not completely explained which kind of irks me a bit and feels a little bit lazy. The story is something I am also a bit mixed about. The first half of the movie with it about training a new immortal "Nile" is really enjoyable. Seeing the conflict between long time immortal "Andy" and new immortal was great and seeing their different opinions about life was interesting. The emotional moments in the movie are great as well. Seeing "Nile" clash with the fact that she can't even die or age and realising she might not ever see her family again was saddening. "Andy" and "Booker" talking about their heart-wrenching past with flashbacks to help illustrate it as well is genuinely great stuff. As I stated before but "James Copley" gives a believable explanation to his motive that is very sympathetic. If this movie did anything right then it was these emotional moments and fleshing out the characters. However, the second half of this movie feels like a cliche of superhero movies and turns this movie into feeling generic. They now have to take down over the top bad guy dude from Harry Potter and this is where the story takes a large dip for me. My final criticism with the movie has got to be the soundtrack. It sucks. The soundtrack contains a lot of pop songs which kind of took me out of the movie as it tends to contrast with the scene that was happening right now. For example, they play a pop song to build up an action scene and it just feels dumb.

Overall, despite my fair amount of criticism, the movie is okay. It doesn't do anything revolutionary or make me come out of it feeling something or thinking about something but I did still have a good time. The movie premise had great ideas but might have worked a lot better as a TV show in my opinion. Still, it does end with the blatant sequel tease and despite it all, I would be interested in watching a sequel.… Expand

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KlebartJul 14, 2020

Even from the start of the movie it's a bit dull. The tough-guy routine for these actors doesn't work. The story is a bit expected. This is one of those movies that is forgettable and I didn't stay until the end. It's not terrible, but it'sEven from the start of the movie it's a bit dull. The tough-guy routine for these actors doesn't work. The story is a bit expected. This is one of those movies that is forgettable and I didn't stay until the end. It's not terrible, but it's not good either.… Expand

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HannyweialldayJul 19, 2020

Another forgettable and predictable Netflix film. Story has a cool concept but it is dragged through the mud by uninteresting characters with baffling motivations and a plot that goes absolutely no where. The choice of music in this film wasAnother forgettable and predictable Netflix film. Story has a cool concept but it is dragged through the mud by uninteresting characters with baffling motivations and a plot that goes absolutely no where. The choice of music in this film was trash and annoying and so was the villain. The movie did have Charlize Theron and some alright action scenes though but god damn was this movie a chore to get through.… Expand

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bartioramaJul 11, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cons: so many unnesessary scenes, that bore viewer, too many pathos like in 00s catastrophic movies. "Newborn" acting is really bad, it pains to watch her scenes, stupid dialogues and wooden acting. Betrayal of Brook is unbeliveable, Andy's power lost so predictable. Second half of the movie is one big mess,Pros: Charlize rocks as always, first half of the movie excites you, intigues, fight scenes are awsome.… Expand

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AhlgrenJul 10, 2020

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

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arostislavnaJul 15, 2020

Charlize Theron tries to be an action star post-Atomic Blonde, unfortunately the plot of the movie is lackluster, and forgettable.

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SuremiguelJul 13, 2020

The first 20 minutes or so were great. I thought I found a better than average film on Netflix but then midway, it felt like more of the same.

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Goo4youJul 23, 2020

I'll be upfront: I've never read the source material. I didn't even know it was based on something, so I can't really speak to how faithful this movie was to it or not, and I'm not going to try to. What I will say is that it was one of theI'll be upfront: I've never read the source material. I didn't even know it was based on something, so I can't really speak to how faithful this movie was to it or not, and I'm not going to try to. What I will say is that it was one of the most generic, formulaic things I've seen Netflix produce, and it boring to boot.

With most creative things, there's the touch of style that gives away who/what made it. Writers have their little quirts, directors have their little touches. The Old Guard stunk with every generic Netflix Original choice imaginable. The cinematography is the same run-of-the-mill style Nexflix employs and all the shaky cam/sped up combat your stomach could handle. The visual rending looks like every other thing they've invested in, the score sounded like the scraps leftover from other Netflix projects, and the script is so generic I was mouthing cliched lines moments before they delivered them.

I turned it off after about 20 minutes because there was no way I was committing to a show about this, and then I noticed it was a movie and gritted my teeth and continued on. I wish it didn't was that time.

Still, it's not something so bad you avoid, but it isn't something you're raring up to enjoy. You've seen this story before: it was called Highlander, and this didn't even get that right!

It's generic, it's borning, there are better things to watch.… Expand

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JoeCoolAug 13, 2020

It starts out somewhat promising, but then dumb choices, an poorly acted "awakening" and soon you find yourself wondering what you're watching. It's not totally terrible, some of the action isn't all that bad, but the plot is thin and overlyIt starts out somewhat promising, but then dumb choices, an poorly acted "awakening" and soon you find yourself wondering what you're watching. It's not totally terrible, some of the action isn't all that bad, but the plot is thin and overly convenient. Lazy writing FTW! How did Charlize Theron end up in this thing? Very little about the whole story is believable on any level. Dialogues are pretty much meaningless. Not really worth seeing but maybe not too cringeworthy for a Netflix Original. Definitely not something you'll want to watch twice.… Expand

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Damonwilliams2Jul 10, 2020

Great movie that tracks along the themes of Highlander with a modern twist.

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VladMJul 26, 2020

This is by far in top 3 movies in netflix, I DNT understand what people are **** and unliking about.

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netflicAug 10, 2020

This is an action movie that had a potential to be much better than it was. It has an interesting idea of a small group of warriors who are immortal; they fight across history and across the Globe for the good cause. Unfortunately, the scriptThis is an action movie that had a potential to be much better than it was. It has an interesting idea of a small group of warriors who are immortal; they fight across history and across the Globe for the good cause. Unfortunately, the script is mediocre even for this genre. Therefore the implementation of this cool idea is not as good as it might be. Pleasant visuals though. Fighting scenes are entertaining. Overall, the movie is watchable.… Expand