User Reviews

A really good action movie. Acting was excellent and the best part from the movie. Pace was great and I actually loved the quirky soundtrack.

All characters were interesting and developed in a realistic way. I liked how they appeared like no super heroes, just humans with a very, very long life.

The little details: Freeman getting ready and tense as the elevator goes up to the 15th floor, Andy's centuries old "stuff" in the old mine, the baklava taste, Booker's story, were welcome pauses from the violence - packed scenes. They managed to make the characters relatable and add meaning to the story.

1-1 fighting was choreographed beautifully, even though some scenes felt cliché.

I was hoping for a more layered villain, just for balance. The 5 were not pure good so why would he be pure evil? ("to save humanity" doesn't count, it felt so rushed).

All in all, a good movie to watch and a bit different, more human, than most "supernatural " action movies, too.

Pretty good for a modern comic book action story. Seems to be a lot of negative reviews floating around but I couldn't see anything much to dislike about this. A nicely diverse cast featuring a lot of nationalities you don't often see on screen in a mainstream movie, and nice to have no stale male white leads. Charlize Theron cements her talent for action cinema after MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and gives another good physical performance. The story of immortality is interesting background for a familiar 'good guys vs. Sinister organisation' tale, it's not very deep but it has plentiful well choreographed action to see it through.

Netflix has a spotty record when it comes their original movies, which is why I was surprised how much I liked The Old Guard. The movie sets up great mythology, has good action, and interesting characters. It's not all good though, the villain sucks, and the third act betrayal was predictable. Overall I enjoyed The Old Guard, and I hope they make a sequel.

The actors are all good. Well that's it. The story is childlike, the direction dull and the development highly predictable. The goodies, the baddies and the double crosser. All fluffed up with fight scenes, explosions and gunfire. The action is probably the only realistic thing, even if it is plastered all over the place for no good reason. The effects are all good and have grit.

My mind kept referring back to Austin Powers. The baddie is that comical (but not in a funny way). The plot is childlike and felt very amateur. Take the prime star out and this is a B Roll movie that never gets watched.

The London scenes at the end were just bizarre. Empty streets and then suddenly full with crowds and Police. Making no sense whatsoever. This quality of story telling is very poor considering who is in the film.

Overall, a promising film that immediately failed to deliver anything other that a straight to VHS Sunday story. Lacking the story and direction to make it credible. Then the attempt to create a sequel... so ham fisted in its execution. It just finished on a cringe... not a masterpiece! So very disappointing...

The concept is not new (what is these days?) - shades of Highlander, except without Duncan McLeod. Charlize Theron does (IMO) a bang up job as the leader of a group of 'Immortals' who for centuries have been battling evil around the World. The Scythian (Charlize) is given a very human side and has for a millennia carried a heavy burden on her shoulders and in her heart. The group of four Immortals find a 'new' one and this has a profound event on Charlize - on several levels. Bad guy (played by a young nerd) wants to 'save the world' and, of course, make billions by extracting their DNA. Ending was interesting, and left this open to a sequel. Candidly? Pretty darn good two hours worth of entertainment - have no idea why some give this a 'one' star. Give it a go.

The beginning of movie is very interesting, but when approaching to mid section, the cliche comes around, all that forced drama, excess of sad dialogues forcing a dramatic life and blablabla, so lazy, almost gave up...The worst part is the ingenuity of characters that lived for like 200 years!! Makes no sense, a dude with 200 years old just make a decision of a boy with 15 years old. After all, the action scenes worth the Saturday night's movie. Oh almost forgot, the "new member of team" looks empty, we don't get that real felling of her, also doesn't act like a girl from army...like the story shows up!