'The Old Guard 2' A Review

The Old Guard 2 is a sequel to 2020's The Old Guard an adaptation of the comic book series about a group of immortal warriors. Six months after the events of the first film the team continues to do covert action for the betterment of mankind but an even older immortal comes in to gum up the works.

The cast is full of talent but none of them are given anything much to do other than contort themselves to make the clunky, melodramatic, overly complicated, uncompelling, lore bloated and emotionally thin script make any degree of sense let alone be entertaining.

The production is almost categorically terrible from Charlize's baffling mullet wig to the harsh, amateurish lighting(reminiscent of 90's made-for-TV-movies), to the bizarre framing and camera set ups, to the clunky awkward fight choreography. Almost every aspect of the production is a failure. Unfortunately it doesn't qualify for so-bad-it's-good status because the tone is so incredibly serious. The whole endeavor is honestly confusing given how good the first movie was. It's not even bland enough to have on in the back ground while doing chores, it's that grating.

Without Gina Prince-Bythewood at the helm this burgeoning franchise sinks.

Currently streaming on Netflix.

Don't See It.