{"id":27228,"date":"2020-07-14T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/immortals-fight-for-humanity-in-netflixs-the-old-guard\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T21:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:45:00","slug":"immortals-fight-for-humanity-in-netflixs-the-old-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/immortals-fight-for-humanity-in-netflixs-the-old-guard\/","title":{"rendered":"#Immortals Fight for Humanity in Netflix\u2019s \u2018The Old Guard\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ee2f08e52b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3ee2f08e52b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/immortals-fight-for-humanity-in-netflixs-the-old-guard\/#Gina_Prince-Bythewood_flexes_new_muscles_while_Charlize_Theron_beats_bad_guys_bloody_with_her_own\" >Gina Prince-Bythewood flexes new muscles while Charlize Theron beats bad guys bloody with her own.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Immortals Fight for Humanity in Netflix\u2019s \u2018The Old Guard\u2019<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<ol itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\">\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                          <span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span>                                       <meta content=\"1\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movies<\/a><\/span>                                                         <meta content=\"2\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\">                                                           <span itemprop=\"name\">Reviews<\/span>                                                        <meta content=\"3\" itemprop=\"position\"><\/meta><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">             <span itemprop=\"author\">Rob Hunter<\/span>                   <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>July 14, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gina_Prince-Bythewood_flexes_new_muscles_while_Charlize_Theron_beats_bad_guys_bloody_with_her_own\"><\/span>Gina Prince-Bythewood flexes new muscles while Charlize Theron beats bad guys bloody with her own.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>It wasn\u2019t that long ago that Netflix was considered a wannabe player when it came to original movies actually making a dent as big entertainment and awards contenders, but times change. They\u2019ve seen some of their features earn Oscar nominations, and they\u2019ve also become home to event movies for the small screen. Big action movies are the easiest path to big audiences, and after finding success with the likes of <em>Extraction<\/em> (2020) and <em>6 Underground<\/em> (2019) they\u2019re back at it with another hopeful franchise starter. <em><strong>The Old Guard<\/strong><\/em> walks a fine line between action and character beats, and it works to deliver a fun, exciting ride with characters you\u2019ll definitely want to see again.<\/p>\n<p>You think your days are boring? Imagine living forever and spending your time trying to better the world for humankind only to see them constantly strive to make things worse. That\u2019s the pickle Andy (<strong>Charlize Theron<\/strong>) finds herself in hundreds of years after dying for the very first time. She leads a team of immortal mercenaries \u2014 Booker (<strong>Matthias Schoenaerts<\/strong>), Joe (<strong>Marwan Kenzari<\/strong>), and Nicky (<strong>Luca Marinelli<\/strong>) \u2014 taking on causes not for the highest better but for those most in need. When their latest mission goes sideways after revealing itself as a setup, the foursome finds themselves hunted.<\/p>\n<p>Complicating things further? The team starts having visions as elsewhere in the world a young American soldier dies\u2026 and comes back. Nile (<strong>KiKi Layne<\/strong>) is essentially killed in the field, but her wounds heal leaving her as baffled as her fellow soldiers are concerned. Now Andy and her team have to school Nile in the ways of the immortals even as they find themselves at the greatest risk of their very long lives.<\/p>\n<p>Director <strong>Gina Prince-Bythewood<\/strong> (<em>Beyond the Lights<\/em>, 2014) makes a fairly seamless transition into the action genre with this entertaining adaptation of <strong>Greg Rucka<\/strong>\u2018s (<em>Stumptown<\/em>, 2019) graphic novel. Rucka adapts his own work, and together they manage to offer up solid enough world-building, exciting action beats, and a setup for what\u2019s to come. The film arguably gives up too much of a tease towards that last bit, but it\u2019s in the service of establishing a narrative base on which to build hopefully strong followups. It also results in an end-credits scene that\u2019ll leave you im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely wanting more.<\/p>\n<p>Action sequences are well choreographed and run the gamut from \u201cplayful fights \u2014 Andy has to brawl with Nile in an attempt to convince her of their healing abilities \u2014 to slaughters executed with guns, blades, and fists. There are no big set-pieces here in regard to scale, but those we do get are executed with style and flair revealing Prince-Bythewood as a filmmaker with action chops. She\u2019s found the perfect lead in Theron who\u2019s obviously no stranger to more energetic and deadly characters, and the rest of the cast capably joins in on the fun.<\/p>\n<p>Rucka\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> tries to balance three threads \u2014 an origin story, the current predicament, and promises of what\u2019s to come \u2014 but rather than leave the film feeling overstuffed it instead feels a bit slight. Flashbacks do a lot of the heavy lifting here to fill in story blanks and highlight Andy\u2019s reluctance to carry on. The film\u2019s strongest sequences are such flashbacks introducing a past immortal who ended up dying for good and another to whom Andy had grown immensely close. Quynh (<strong>Van Veronica Ngo<\/strong>) spent centuries with her before being dealt a severe, nightmarish sentence at the ocean\u2019s bottom. More time with these two in the past would only have benefited the present, but instead, we\u2019re given short yet still effective teases of what was.<\/p>\n<p>The crux of it all comes down to a question of purpose. Andy sees none as \u201cSome good means nothing.\u201d She\u2019s been fighting to save the world for centuries, and she\u2019s no closer to her goal than when she started. \u201cThere was a time when I was worshiped as a god,\u201d she adds, saying that she no longer believes in god. If life is meaningless, an immortal life is hell. The promise that her immortality could end any day isn\u2019t enough anymore, and the arrival of new blood might not be enough of a reason to continue. The script is a bit patchy at times in dealing with Andy\u2019s dilemma, but it works well enough. It\u2019s also aided by a counterpoint involving Joe and Nicky as soul mates who get to enjoy the bliss of immortality. Is living forever worth it if you have to do so without love?<\/p>\n<p><em>The Old Guard<\/em> asks some heady questions, and if it doesn\u2019t quite do each of them justice the results are still solidly entertaining across the board. The action is fun, the cast is stellar, and the mythology on display is rarely less than engaging. 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