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What the Hell Happened to The Old Guard 2?
One of Netflix’s better action movies gets a much-delayed, half-baked, incomplete sequel.
Based on a cult comic by Greg Rucka and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, the film followed a group of mercenaries who had the gift of immortality — they could be stabbed and amputated and maimed and mangled and burnt while fighting and still miraculously come back. Adding to the interpersonal complications, now the romantic duo of Yusuf (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicolo (Luca Marinelli), whose centuries-long affair was a surprising highlight of the previous film (they had killed each other in battle before becoming lovers), are contemplating spending some time apart from each other. So together with the return of the vengeful Quynh, The Old Guard 2 begins somewhat promisingly (there’s also an early action sequence that features some fun car-and-motorcycle stunts), but intent and execution are two different things, and the new film struggles to keep these balls in the air.
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