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I have always been a fan of action movies. Anything from marvel superhero movies, to a whole new universe of super strong antagonists, I liked. comic books were also interesting, but I preferred movies and tv shows much better. It gave me a feeling like I was really there in-between all the action. And if there was a good plot to the whole movie on top of that, I would have spent my whole week thinking about how good of a movie it was.
That is why when I had found a new movie called the Old Guard on Netflix, I had clicked to play the movie right after watching the preview. And saying that I was obsessed is an understatement. Here is a short summary about the book.
The movie starts out by introducing a group of people the main character, being Andy, as well as other members of this group such as Sebastian, Nicky, and Joe. However, this was no ordinary group. All of these people are immortal soldiers and have been alive for multiple centuries. They help fight for the people in need and make an attempt to better the world with it's wrong doings. However, a scientist unfortunately realizes their identity and their big secret. This big cooperation along with a researcher sets a goal to capture these immortal solider and a long fight between the two begins.
When I first saw this story, I was intrigued by this fascinating story of a group of people who not only fight to help people who have been wronged, but they all do this while struggling internally with themselves. They have to maintain a strong mentality to keep themselves sane after centuries of bloodshed and lost comrades. I really loved this story not just because of the amazing fight scenes, but also because it portrays how these characters have developed over such a long time and how they have adapted to different settings over time. I recommend this book to people who love action movies and books, but also to those who really like a good plot in a story and love breaking down the deeper meaning hidden between the lines. This movie is also a comic book series with many more chapters to tell. Also, there was an announcement that the Old Guard 2 is coming out sometime soon so look forward!
This sounds like a very interesting story. Overall, would you say the book or the movie is better? How faithful of an adaptation is the movie to the book?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a very complicated and unique narrative! The though of how much of an impact immortal soldiers could have on the modern world, even with all of their internalized past experiences and sort of 'wisdom' from what they've experienced beforehand sounds like an interesting alternation of the real world and definitely carries an interesting arc along with it. Nice review!
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