The Old Guard 2020 by AverageMansReviews

The Old Guard 2020 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/medical component/cutting of or shooting in, breaking of body or inn body or healing of the body or self-harming/vomiting.

Storyline: it is good and without giving too much away based on how this film has been left and on a little bit of research there will be a sequel at some point in the future [I'm just going to say hopefully just in case for some reason it does or doesn't materialize.] I am going to take the pacing from a different perspective, but it will make sense whenever this film has its lead character/performer [Andy a.k.a. Andromache of Scythia/Charlize Theron] on-screen at the beginning stages, I would say comfortably until the middle stages this film has an all round much better feel and direction to it; after this the film knows what it is doing and get on with it, but still this project feels better with our lead character/performer on-screen or maybe not on-screen at this time, but may be in the next shot or something like this.

Action/Art/Characters/Comedy/Performances: now including the on-screen chemistry these components all go hand-in-hand in one way or another; these combat sequences are good; for this example we have Andy/Theron doing combat with so many, many armed individuals in a Church and it looks beautifully chaotic. But I really hate the background music to any of these action sequences, it does these action sequences even just the solidly good action sequences a disservice; it is this generic loud music garbage.

I mean what they could have done is put some Symphonic Metal to it [yes this is a genre of music - in short a blend  of metal and classical music.] To put across to their viewers that some of these characters have been alive for a extremely long time, so using this background music with their fighting style of ruthlessly deadly but also efficiently elegant these action sequences would have been better experienced by me [basically better than good] and it would have been a better representation of their characters as well, instead of getting told or shown we could have felt it and seen it all wrapped up into one as well.

We have a newbie into being immortal [Nile/Layne] so to prove that she is like Andy/Theron just new at this to Copley/Ejiofor she shoots herself in the foot; this is one element of the character developments; as it shows she is a newbie from the perspective of yes you may be immortal, but she can be damaged [self-healing depending on the injury or wound or killed is depending how long the self-healing process takes,] but eventually this immortality runs out which we are led to believe may take hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of years.] But in this one element it also shows an element of comedy as she is surprised shooting herself hurts.

The performances and the on-screen chemistry is all good, but as I have already referenced to Andy/Theron makes a big positive impact in this project and whilst I have brought this up again; if there is going to be a sequel please get her contract as soon as possible.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; now usually I would section things off and talk about them individually, but as these components very much go hand-in-hand; I was thinking I would just briefly talk about the Art individually here; there are some good looking landscapes in this film [in fact from now on I may do this kind of thing again with depending on the project in question;] so there is only one way I can finish this review and that is by saying this; if there are any fans of Charlize Theron out there in Internet land check this film out. [On a quick side note here are just three Symphonic Metal Bands Apocalyptica Nightwish and Within Temptation. Warnings/Disclaimer: just to cover my back there is more than likely adult wording/lyrics and content; I know this may sound obviously but I just wanted to make myself  100% crystal clear that if you go searching for these bands or any other I will not be held responsible for it; these are just examples of Symphonic Metal Bands.]