The Old Guard 2

Movie • 2025



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Roger Ebert

Despite Mahoney’s best efforts, however, “The Old Guard 2” struggles to turn those brief sparks into a fire. These characters possessed far more soul in the prior film... None of that is present here. There isn’t even a team here. These are people fulfilling a concept.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The sequel ultimately is more competent than thrilling, and its moments of pathos too seldom resonate.

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IGN

At the center of it all though, Theron once more proves just what a fantastic leading lady she is, even in a weaker film like this. She continually brings such gravitas and believability to Andy – who lost her immortality at the end of the first film and is now reeling from Quynh’s return – and makes the most of her character’s mixture of angst, inner strength, and impressive physical prowess.

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Variety

By the end of 'The Old Guard 2' it’s mostly the clichés that seem to be living forever.

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Rolling Stone

The Old Guard 2 isn’t quite the movie it wants you to think it is. Or rather, it’s dangerously close to not being a movie at all so much as just one more piece of expensive 'content' that the streamer can slap into menus and use to game your viewing algorithms.

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AP News

Its greatest sin is the non-ending, which might have moviegoers engaging in their own rants about wasted time.

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TV Guide

Between the half-baked ending, the underdeveloped plot, and the brief hints of interesting backstory, we're left with a movie that by any reasonable metric is kind of a flop — but where I still find myself perversely hoping for a sequel.

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Vulture

There’s a debilitating cheapness that keeps this picture from reaching its true potential. I have no idea what the budget was — for all I know, it could have been bigger than the original film’s — but it feels at times like we’re watching a mock-up of what a movie called The Old Guard 2 might look like.

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