The Old Guard

2020
15
2h 5m

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6.7/10

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A covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with an inability to die have fought to protect the world for centuries. But when their abilities are suddenly exposed, they need to eliminate the th... Read allA covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with an inability to die have fought to protect the world for centuries. But when their abilities are suddenly exposed, they need to eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate their power.A covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with an inability to die have fought to protect the world for centuries. But when their abilities are suddenly exposed, they need to eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate their power.

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IMDb RATING

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Awards
- 5 wins & 26 nominations total

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Trivia
Greg Rucka wrote the first draft screenplay, but when Charlize Theron came aboard, she had a number of issues with it. These were raised in a conference call with Theron, which Rucka described as "one of the worst experiences of my career." He did another rewrite but was then fired. Theron's production company commissioned a new script from new writers but Netflix hated that version. When Gina Prince-Bythewood came on board, she recommissioned Rucka, who was able to patch up his differences with Theron.

Goofs
When the female Marine character named Nile has her throat cut the other Marine calls for a Medic, repeatedly. Marines receive medical treatment from Navy hospital corpsmen, but the filmmakers may have used the more recognizable term "medic" because an average viewer may not know this.

Quotes
Soldier: What is he? Your boyfriend?
Joe: You're a child. An infant. Your mocking is thus infantile. He's not my boyfriend. This man is more to me than you can dream. He's the moon when I'm lost in darkness and warmth when I shiver in cold. And his kiss still thrills me, even after a millennia. His heart overflows with the kindness of which this world is not worth of. I love this man beyond measure and reason. He's not my boyfriend. He's all and he's more.
Nicky: You're an incurable romantic.
[Joe and Nicky kiss in front of the stunned guards]

Crazy credits
Close-ups of the items on the bulletin board with the evidence of the immortal people is seen in the background during the first part of the credits, followed by a scene of video evidence of one of the scenes in the movie being deleted.

Connections
Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: The Old Guard (2020)

Soundtracks
Born Alone, Die Alone
Written by Madalen Duke (as Madalen Duke), Gabriela Olmedo Catalán and Adrianne Gonzalez
Performed by Madalen Duke (as Madalen Duke)
By arrangement with All Media Music Group, Inc.

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Featured review

7/10

Really old

So if you didn't inform yourself (I only found out watching Charlize Theron in talk shows promoting the movie), this is based on a graphic novel series. Which makes sense if you watch it - this having a background before the film was made. Now even so, that doesn't mean this will be free of cliches - quite the opposite is true.

Theron is really good and while as I mentioned you will and should be able to predict what is going to happen (even certain "twists"/betrayals and so forth). But the action is more than rock solid, even without knowing that Theron took her training very seriously! Who else would be driving around with a very real looking prop axe? Exactly! So while I understand that some might be cynical about the whole thing, you are missing out on just having fun with this. It's not the greatest movie ever made, but it doesn't pretend to be either