This text comprises spoilers for “The Outdated Guard 2.”
In 2020, “The Outdated Guard” grew to become a blueprint for the form of mid-tier motion films that may thrive on Netflix. The Charlize Theron automobile about immortal mercenaries with regenerative skills took its candy time getting a sequel, to the purpose that in July 2024, /Movie carried out an investigation on whether or not “The Outdated Guard 2” was nonetheless taking place. The reply to the query finally turned out to be “sure,” and as “The Outdated Guard 2” trailer confirmed, the film even pays off the unique movie’s most horrifying second by exploring what 5 centuries of regularly drowning inside an iron maiden has performed to Quynh (Ngô Thanh Vân). Spoiler: She’s not joyful, and he or she has the primary and strongest immortal, Discord (Uma Thurman), in her nook.
The “Outdated Guard” movie collection has loads of potential and will simply spawn one other sequel or six. Sadly, critics have not been sort to “The Outdated Guard 2,” which is sufficient to make me wonder if the collection’ story may be over. Equally regarding are Theron’s feedback from her interview with The Hollywood Reporter, through which she revealed that “The Outdated Guard 3” is much from a performed deal:
“One factor I’ve discovered on this enterprise is that there aren’t any ensures, and it is actually gracious of [Netflix] to not have pushed us into one other course. This was all the time the place we needed to land the movie, and it is also very harking back to the primary one. We by no means ended the primary one pondering we have been going to do a second, however that was simply the way it occurred to be. So, we handled this one precisely the identical, however I am being fully trustworthy after I say that we now have completely no thought what that [third film] would even seem like.”
Even when we by no means get one other Outdated Guard film, a face-off between Theron and Thurman is an efficient time
Whereas it is comprehensible that Charlize Theron does not have a transparent thought of what the third film can be like at a stage the place “The Outdated Guard 2” is so contemporary out of the oven, her affirmation that there aren’t any concrete plans to comply with up on the film’s cliffhanger ending is considerably irritating. In any case, “The Outdated Guard 2” wraps up with Quỳnh and Theron’s Andy making peace and teaming up in opposition to Discord, which all however confirms the plan is (or, at least, was) to characteristic much more Theron vs. Thurman motion sooner or later.
The climactic face-off between the “Mad Max: Fury Street” star’s Andy and the “Kill Invoice” veteran’s Discord is the form of thrilling battle between established motion luminaries that you simply not often see exterior of the “Expendables” franchise, and I, for one, would undoubtedly welcome a number of extra combat scenes between the 2. Maybe unsurprisingly, Theron loved the chance to work together with her colleague. As she informed THR, she’s been searching for a venture to make with Thurman for fairly a while:
“I am unable to let you know what number of occasions we have developed one thing and I might throw her title on the market. I’ve consistently tried to tug one thing along with us, and I’ve additionally had so many individuals round me whose opinions I actually worth, say, ‘You guys should make a film. Individuals will completely like to see the 2 of you do motion.’ Her motion is so robust, and he or she’s actually raised the bar. So, I felt like I needed to actually deliver it. She was going to deliver it, so I needed to deliver it.”
“The Outdated Guard 2” is now accessible for streaming on Netflix.
