Release date: Friday, July 10
Cast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Run-time: 2h 4min
Age rating: R
Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
Want to see Charlize Theron in all her kickass action glory? Watch The Old Guard on Netflix starting this Friday. The Mad Max: Fury Road star headlines the action-packed thriller based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Greg Rucka. The Old Guard is getting good reviews, so it may be the home crowd-pleasing streaming choice this weekend.
Theron plays Andromache of Scythia, aka Andy, a warrior who leads a covert group of immortal mercenaries. Together, they've used their death-defying abilities to protect mortals for centuries.
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Then, the team is recruited for an emergency mission, where their abilities are suddenly exposed, leaving them vulnerable to threats of all kinds. Andy, with the help of new recruit Nile (Kiki Layne), sets out to take down their enemies who are scheming to monetize their power by any means necessary.
The Old Guard boasts a ton of talent on and off screen. Graphic novelist Rucka wrote the screenplay himself, while directing duties are ably handled by Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball, Beyond the Lights). The cast is led by Theron and Layne but also features Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli and Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Here's everything you need to know about how to watch The Old Guard online.
How to watch The Old Guard with a VPN
If you're away from home, in a country with geo-restrictions that won't let you watch The Old Guard, you don't need to miss out. It's pretty easy with the right VPN (virtual private network) to stream the movie from wherever you go.
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How to watch The Old Guard movie in the US
If you're in the U.S., you can watch The Old Guard on Netflix right now! It began streaming at at 3:01 a.m. ET on July 10.
The Old Guard trailer
The Old Guard trailer kicks off with Andy introducing herself and explaining her team to newcomer Nile. "Let's just say we're very hard to kill," Andy says, over a shot of her getting up after facing down a hailstorm of bullets. The trailer goes on to bring Nile into the fold, but also reveals there are nefarious forces looking to "weaponize" the warriors' skills for their own gain.
The Old Guard movie reviews
The Old Guard is receiving very positive reviews. Here's a sampling of what movie critics are saying:
The New York Times: "The Old Guard could just as well have been called The New Blood, since that’s what it tries to pump into the weary superhero genre, with a reasonable degree of success and quite a lot of, well, blood."
Vulture: "Watching it, I don’t miss those other movies with their shared universes and painstakingly built, vigilantly managed worlds. I watch The Old Guard and try to imagine a new world, one where other comic-book movies are this well made and breathtaking."
Rolling Stone: "For all the sound and fury on screen, it’s the personal interactions that keep you emotionally in the game."
Entertainment Weekly: "... as the plot gallops toward its climactic showdown, it's hard not to wish for more of nearly everything but bullets: more banter, more backstory, more scale and visual wit."
Time: "... don’t lump it in with the big-franchise comic-book movies: in its craftsmanship and soul, it has more in common with the 1990s films of action genius John Woo than with anything that’s been extruded through the franchise Play-Doh pumper in recent years. If an action movie can be elegant and thoughtful, this one is."
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