Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Movie review: The Old Guard


 Fighting for good, a covert group of immortal mercenaries must now fight for their lives after being exposed. Targeted for experimentation, the group struggles to remain hidden just as an unexpected new member is revealed.

Charlize Theron (Andy), KiKi Layne (Nile), Matthias Schoenaerts (Booker), Marwan Kenzari (Joe), Luca Marinelli (Nicky), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Copley), Harry Melling (Merrick), Veronica Ngo (Quynh), Natacha Karam (Dizzy).

The Old Guard begins nicely jumping straight to a scene that brings us up to speed on Andy and her team. From there the story dives deeper into each character while bringing in a nemesis and a surprise character just to keep things interesting. The story evolves well on a couple of fronts, and develops nice depth. There is a good mix of drama and action that keeps things moving with variety up through the obviously-a-sequel-setup ending.

Acting was good with Theron almost delivering more emotion than usual, which isn't much. Layne was enjoyable and quite solid with her delivery. Schoenaerts, Kenzari, and Marinelli all did well and seemed to work well together. Ejiofor was good in a smaller role while Melling was a fitting antagonist.

Camera work, sets, and backgrounds are pretty good with a realistic feel. Action was good and also felt fairly realistic. CGI was well done and fit the film very well. Dialogue was a bit dry but not what the film was about anyway. Sound and soundtrack are enjoyable.

Overall The Old Guard is a well done action adventure flick with a solid sci-fi base. The characters and story are enjoyable, as is acting and technical work. Fans of well rounded action films should enjoy this one.

With some mild sexuality, plenty of violence, gore, and foul language, reserve this one for older teens and above.

Released: 2020
Reviewed: 12.29.20
Star rating: 3 out of 5
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

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