A variety of films are available for streaming ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Marvel's Thunderbolts returns to character-driven storytelling, while the John Wick franchise continues its expansion after significant production challenges. Danny and Michael Philippou develop an interconnected horror universe following their success with Bring Her Back. Netflix's The Old Guard 2 sees Andromache facing new threats and returning enemies, although the film struggles with execution, featuring lackluster action sequences, poor visual effects, and dialogue that fails to resonate with viewers.
Immortal killing machine Andromache of Scythia (Charlize Theron) lost her regeneration powers in 2020's slick action film The Old Guard. Now she's trying to navigate life while facing a new threat to her team (played by Uma Thurman), as well as the return of an old friend, who is out for vengeance after being trapped for centuries at the bottom of the ocean.
Whenever Mahoney tries to go bigger, the intended thrills evaporate mid-sequence. In the first action scene, there's a potentially great car stunt muddled by a clunky cut, with middling visual effects to not-quite-finish the job.
The whole movie has a cheap, drab look, eventually sending its characters across generic catwalks to fight anonymous henchmen, scored with electronic music that sounds like it came pre-programmed with a new keyboard.
Some dialogue that might have sounded thoughtful in the comic-book source material doesn't work in a movie. There are also some lines that shouldn't have made it past a first draft in any medium.
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