The Old Guard 2

I quite enjoyed the original film and was excited when this came out.

Unfortunately, it's chock full of lazy writing with some mediocre acting sprinkled in. It dragged on and on, and when things started to look interesting, the movie ended! I wouldn't event call that a cliffhanger - that would imply something interesting that didn't conclude. This was not interesting. This left a bad taste in the mouth.

There were a couple really lame attempts at humor that fell flat.

You just get the impression they were bent on making this sequel into 2 parts. This being a primer for a finale. Except this is a terrible ad for that finale.

Someone called this the "typical sequel" and sadly, that's true. This was badly made.

5/10 is generous for this flick.

I loved the first movie. It felt like a proper 3 act story structure. This movie however felt unfinished. As if it were just half a movie. All preamble for a finale. Some parts were interesting and gave context but it felt like it was just Act 1 bordering on the 2nd act of a full story.

The acting was good, the world building was absolutely needed and expanded the world. The movie however had no tangible resolution, the ending couldnt even be called a cliffhanger. I found myself sitting there at the end asking "was that it?" I hope they dont decide to wait years to release the next part of this story. They should have doubled the length and released it as one film.

What was that? Where did the second half of the film go? My five points are lenient, as I like the first movie, the story, and the actors. I was really excited about this film and also curious to see what would become of Quynh after lying at the bottom of the sea for 500 years and dying about 4 million times. That must do something to you. But no! After 45 minutes, I was wondering when the film would finally start. It was so slow, and ultimately the story is just boring. Just as disappointing as Highlander 2 ;-). And shortly before the end, I realized that this film has no ending, and Netflix had simply ripped me off.

My god why?

I am a lover of entertainment. I respect the films by what they are. That is why i love(d) fast and the furious franchise, mission: impossible, heck, i loved the other guys and movies like that. And i loved the first movie, the old guard.

But what is this? Half a movie? And so poorly paced, made, no momentum, no passion or ideas.... how does netflix do it? How can it aim and achoe the worst possible outcome?? That is why alghoritms are no match for criativity and art. Aiming at everyone, the please no one. It sucks.

I wish they let writera write and produce good content. Look at Apple. They are killing it!

All this wait & hype, build-up from post credit scene of 1st part to serve this? I mean, yeah the action scenes were great, the storyline seemed pretty good too since the begining but as we kept going we just got served same old thing which we got in last part. Introduction to new characters was 'how do i put it...' i guess the most subtle word I have is 'Under-Utilised'. I seriously had a lot of expectations from the movie coz I actually loved 1st part but this isn't what anyone of us were expecting it to be. This is some half baked dish served to do a fan service I guess? They could've done alot better.