The Old Guard: diversity in the super-hero genre

[magnetic_rose92]

The Old Guard is a Netflix original movie directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and written by comic book writer Greg Rucka. It follows a group of immortal mercenaries on a revenge mission after they're betrayed and their identities are at risk of being exposed.

Comments

[cstoffer]

OP great review!

I’m glad I gave it a second chance yesterday after falling asleep the first time.

[spankmypirate]

Damn I'm actually finishing it rn. I liked it but I hate the soundtrack, it's on some CW level shit wtf. Doesn't suit the tone of the film at all.

[magnetic_rose92]

The soundtrack is one of my issues with the movie. I didn’t mind the songs in some parts but during certain fight scenes I was like “why is there pop? Lol.”

But this is one of those movies where I’m willing to forgive most of its misgivings because the characters make it up for me.

[meganlynn09]

Okay, yeah, the music made me scratch my head a couple times.

[truth_and_facts]

Oh yeah the soundtrack cheapened the film. Lol omg whose idea was that. They should have had mostly scores, original scores and maybe some vocals, like frank's godspeed was good and well placed but almost every other track cheapened the film.

[t_snake]

Thank you OP, great job! :) I was going to skip this but now I'll give it a chance :)

[zibbydoo324]

Same!
Well, I wasn’t gonna skip it because I hadn’t heard of it but I’m def watching it now!

[mattxmatt]

I enjoyed it. The characters and the acting made this movie to me. I also loved the relationship between Andy and Quynh. It was short but emotional. Looking for the sequel.

[crazyspaced]

This movie was fine. I did like the moments with the couple, but I was really bored with this movie until they got captured, which was nearly 45 min in. Too long to wait for things to get interesting.