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Charlize Theron, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthias Schoenaerts, Luca Marinelli, Marwan Kenzari, and KiKi Layne in The Old Guard (2020)

Review by rednikki

The Old Guard

9/10

Great worldbuilding, can't wait for the sequel!

It is so hard to review this movie without giving away some of the plot twists that occur. I liked that rather than leaning on quippiness, the non-action scenes relied on real human emotion. I also liked that it didn't get preachy. The characters use their immortality to try to help people where other folks can't, but they don't give grandiose speeches about it. It's just what they do. Even the unexpected consequences of their actions isn't presented in a preachy way. It's just really cool.

The issues some of the characters experienced are exactly the issues you'd expect an immortal to have. I loved the various ways we saw how the characters pop up in history. (And, for a history buff like me, the way they did it made sense.) The action scenes were a blast too! I loved that the characters used both modern weapons and, in some cases, versions of weapons they'd probably used for centuries. There was enough of a world behind this that I could easily see how you could turn this into a TV series. But if I can't have that I'm on board for a film series.
  • rednikki
  • Jul 10, 2020

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