Rotten Tomatoes Critics Crush Charlize Theron’s ‘Old Guard 2’

Charlize Theron’s Netflix sequel The Old Guard 2 is getting no love from Rotten Tomatoes critics.

Rated R, the sequel to the 2020 fantasy superhero film debuted on Netflix on Wednesday. The official summary of the film reads, “Andy (Theron) and her team of immortal warriors are back, with a renewed sense of purpose in their mission to protect the world.

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With Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) still in exile after his betrayal, and Quynh (Veronica Ngô) out for revenge after escaping her underwater prison, Andy grapples with her newfound mortality as a mysterious threat emerges that could jeopardize everything she’s worked towards for thousands of years. Andy, Nile (KiKi Layne), Joe (Marwan Kenzari), Nicky (Luca Marinelli) and James Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) enlist the help of Tuah (Henry Golding), an old friend who may provide the key to unlocking the mystery behind immortal existence.”

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As of Thursday, critics on Rotten Tomatoes have collectively given The Old Guard 2 a 25% “rotten” rating based on 48 reviews. RT users, meanwhile, have given the film a 43% “rotten” Popcornmeter score based on 250-plus verified ratings.

What Are Individual Critics Saying About Charlize Theron’s ‘The Old Guard 2’

Benjamin Lee is among the top critics on RT who gives The Old Guard 2 a “rotten” rating, writing in his review summary, “While it should, in an era of increasingly bloated runtimes, be a boon to have it all wrapped up in under 97 minutes, The Old Guard 2 is a panicked rush to wrap things up, poorly developed and confusingly plotted, a swift and savage franchise-killer.”

Keith Maher of The Times (UK) isn’t impressed with The Old Guard 2, either, writing in his RT view, “The insuperable movie-killing problems here run the gamut from technical — horrible lighting, terrible echoey sound, utterly rubbish fight choreography — to fundamental storytelling flaws.”

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The Old Guard 2 also received a “rotten” review from Nick Schager of The Daily Beast, who writes, “Even the least violent passages of this follow-up are a tedious drag, courtesy of a story that asks nothing of its lead Charlize Theron and her underwhelming co-stars except endless, enervating moping.”

Among the top critics on RT who give The Old Guard 2 a “fresh” review — but with some reservations — is William Bibbiani of The Wrap, who writes, “These above average, slightly forgettable movies may not live forever, but [Charlize] Theron’s badassery might.”

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Brandon Yu of The New York Times also gives The Old Guard 2 a “fresh” review on RT, writing, “The film, directed by Victoria Mahoney, is a sure-footed romp that tightens the screws, most immediately by flexing a bigger cast and broadening the lore of the original comic book series.”

Directed by Victoria Mahoney and also starring Uma Thurman, The Old Guard 2 is new on Netflix.

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