It's been quite a while since The Old Guard first dropped on Netflix in 2020 – a movie that managed to thread a rare needle for the huge streamer. It didn't take itself too seriously, and was unashamedly a schlocky action movie, but also did solidly with critics and audiences, rather than being panned like so many Netflix original blockbusters before and since.
Charlize Theron anchored the movie as an immortal fighting against the forces of evil, having lived for thousands of years through the different ages of human civilisation, and it was a lot of fun. Enough fun to earn a sequel, in fact, which just got its first full trailer along with a release date.
