The Old Guard 2

Its hard to make a sequel. The 5 stars is to high of a score. The stars are for the fightscenes (to few) and for the cinamatic side; The decors and scenery are good. The acting, storyline and the speed where boring and pretty predictable. In the first movie the actors had more chemistry more humor it seemed they had more fun. The first fight scene had some of that. The story made more sense. It seemed like bits and pieces and inlost track where they where at times. I turned the movie off halfway it just didnt grabbed or could hold my attention. And the end? The end diserves no stars at all!!. I am very glad i did not see this in the cinema. I would feel robbed. Ow English is not my native language so please dont mind my grammatica.

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!

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.

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.

Sorry, but as this is a sequel, I have to compare to the first one. And boy oh boy, what an utter disappointment. So many shortcuts, so many empty and void characters. They could have made something good with Uma's arrival but no, just an empty movie. Oh, and the fight choreography is definitely not up to the first one. Also way less violent than the first. And the story in itself is not bad per se, but the way it is shown is just plain déjà-vu. Also, the way some characters interact with each other feels fake, too many inconsistencies.

My advice, go watch the first one and stay at that, you'll spent better your time.