The Old Guard 2 (2025)

 

The Old Guard 2 (2025)

2/10

Starring

Charlize Theron

KiKi Layne

Matthias Schoenaerts

Marwan Kenzari

Luca Marinelli

Veronica Ngô

 

Directed by Victoria Mahoney

 

Now the only good thing about this movie is that it has filled a longing I’ve had to see a part 2 of this franchise. I liked the first part, which was released in 2020, so when my friend sent me a message today that a second part was out, I decided not to watch it at home but with a friend so we could enjoy it together.

The first thing that jumped at me was the visual effects. They felt very poor, and my memory of the first Old Guard didn’t showcase such bad effects. Then I noticed the awful cinematography. When there were zooming back shots, the fighting felt like I was watching too close to the action, annoying the hell out of me. All this happened in the first 10 minutes of the movie. I was not ready for the hour of absolute nonsensical boredom that was waiting for me. Nothing seemed to happen.

Then we have Quỳnh back, Andy’s first ride or die, until she was sunk underwater. And there’s a new villain, Discord, whom we don’t know much about—just her intention, and that was it. She wasn’t shown much, and there was no connection to her character at all.

The movie is about another immortal who is older than Andy herself. This immortal seems to know more about how the whole immortal thing works than anybody, and she has her own intention of going after Andy and her crew.

If you recall from the first movie, Andy is now mortal, and we have to watch as Nile tries her hardest to protect her. This new immortal named Discord rescued Quỳnh, and now Quỳnh, who has been imprisoned underwater for more than 500 years, is angry with Andy for not finding her. So what does this new immortal want to gain by saving Quỳnh, and what does she want with Nile? This is what the movie is about.

I felt Netflix played a joke on me with this bad dialogue, and the acting from the characters felt like a wash, because even though they tried to carry the movie, the terrible story and dialogue let each scene down.

In the end, Andy and Quỳnh made up, which just happened because the last time they parted ways they fought. Then they saw each other again, with Quỳnh holding a bomb, and suddenly they were friends again, with me thinking I must have missed the reunion. Then the end, when Discord and Andy had to face each other, was horribly choreographed, like some of the other fights, and it ended in an anticlimax. For a boring, drawn-out movie, in the last 15 minutes it picked up, then just ended, creating a need for a part 3—which I do not think anyone should see.

If you saw the first part, then you are safe. You don’t need to see this one. It is horrible, and I do not recommend it.