Breion Johnson

In my opinion this was a terrible follow up to the first Old Guard where the induction into the world-building stood out, the characters were strong and explicitly present, and the culmination of events left the viewer satisfied and curious about what might happen next. This film did none of that. Allow me to rant. The direction: - Poor fight choreography that felt clumsy and imbalanced. - Strange lighting choices and errand framing of scenes that kind of confused me in terms of the internal structure of many of the settings. - Too dependent on CGI and not enough use of practical effects. The plot: - Giving Nile a cool weapon wasn't bad but it felt random. Its not like the rest of the team had their own signatures weapons to use and if Nile was going to get one, why wait until AFTER the fight ended for her to pluck a random one off the wall, amongst many, and then keep her stuck to it from then on out? - Much of the dialogue feels empty. Theres no nuance. And there's little motivation behind many characters actions except for Booker as his actions made sense following the first film. But why wasn't Nile the one to keep in contact with him following his exile instead of creating a random point to divide the husbands only for them to get over it extremely quickly. - My biggest issue is this "Last Immortal" business. Maybe they plan to answer more questions in the 3rd film but why is Nile the last one after thousands of years of immortals? - Why does her power as an immortal take away immortality IMMEDIATELY after hurting the others, but Andy's wound healed in the first film. - We still don't get an answer as to why immortals suddenly lose their powers. The villian: - Awful! She was barely in it, she had no presence, and her cover story of immortal interference didn't make sense at any point so it was weird that no one questioned it. - Tuah never gave a good reason as to why he didn't tell Andy about her. Including him we got three new characters who felt very hollow. - Why didn't the villain ask for Quynhs immortality after Nile wounded her? She was the only other person on her side! speaking of which, why did Quynh suddenly decide to switch sides at the end? Becoming mortal satisfied her rage somehow? That didn't track for me. - The helicopter scene! WHAT WAS THE POINT? Baby you got all the immortals already, why are you still floating around?? Why attack Andy with a whole helicopter needlessly when you're mortal your damn self?? Any why were there five helicopters in the end? There are only four immortals left excluding Andy. Speaking of which, why exclude Andy? Why leave an enemy out to come for you whom you could have subdued like the others? I could go on and on but there was so much missing from this film. I wonder if the source material is more coherent and grounded than this haphazard sequel?

A soft and brittle attempt at reiterating contemporary urban legends that feeds more into the tropes of known stories before anything else. These weakened re-imaginings are severely lacking in just that–imagination. Plot holes, predictable outcomes and frustrating unrealistic reactions are littered throughout these rough-edged reruns. By episode 6, possibly the worst one, I had to turn it off. The practical effects were't awful. The rest, uninspiring. Anyone new to horror might find this more entertaining that I did, but even then I'd be surprised.

I didn't have high expectations but my god what an absurdly understudied screenplay for this particular genre and trope. The characters were completely lacking in realistic actions or choices, as was TIM. Why would a multi-million dollar company be ever-so-close to create an android with exactly one terrible safety protocol and nothing else? There was no question about the robots ability to hurt or mimic people, and the main character had ZERO knowledge of the robot's capabilities except for the weakest weakness to ever exist lol There's a lot wrong here and though I was prepare for plenty of erroneous flaws there were too many here to enjoy the ride.

This show is so awful compared to the original series and I've watched plenty of episodes to say that for a fact, Its like if Disney decided to do horror. The acting, the dialogue and the plots themselves are either completely unoriginal or terribly nonsensical. WHY IS IT SO BAD? I really gave it a chance and it never impressed or enthralled me.

AWFUL, BORING FILM WITH A NONSENSICAL PLOT. Waste your time watching something else. Theres no substance and it leaves a RIDICULOUS number of questions unanswered. I watch horror films on a regular basis and this has to be one of the worst I've ever seen. Sterile wide shots shrouded in darkness, a lack of scares or vibrance, stoic performances, and lackluster motivation behind the work and interactions. This film relies too heavily on Cage's performance as a pale-faced crackhead while providing the viewer with very little reason to continue watching. And WHY is the movie or antagonist referred to as Longlegs. There's nothing to be savored here.

THE PLOT IS BASURAAAAAA!!! The actors did their jobs but the characters are so insanely dumb. I understand people sometimes make bad decisions out of duress but nothing could have prepared me for the idiocy in this movie. It was like a hodgepodge of thriller ideas all shoved into one poorly fitted script. *spoilers ahead* No black man is going to challenge an entire crew of rednecks in their own town. That would absolutely never happen. He also died first, for no reason other than being a dead horse of a horror trope. Why was Chris passed out for most of the movie? It would have made more sense for him to die first trying to fix the RV. Gaby running out for help when they knew they drove miles without seeing a single person or house except for the racists in the bar that wouldn't even give them directions. Furthermore, anyone assuming she actually came back successfully without questioning it after they'd seen a whole mirage of olivia is crazy. Speaking of, why was Olivia so convinced to see Michael after seeing what she saw,,which they never let us see. They never explain anything about the supposed entity, if it had followers, any background---nothing except for some random hints that it might be the occult but that ultimately built to nothing. The occult books were in the RV already but the RV wasn't haunted or cursed. Was it just the are they ended up in? There should have been more to that. There was nothing consistent about it exist for the illusion of dark shadows and shaking the RV every 5 minutes, which grew tiresome and got lazy. What was the point of the tattoo on the girls neck? Like that had absolutely no bearing on anything. Why did the final girl just disappear when everyone else was torn to shreds or otherwise slaughtered. Small detail but where did the blood go on the sign on the RV at the end? Why have the sign there at all? Why even show the RV in a knew location on the side of the road---there would be better ways to show the same thing was going to happen to the next group. lastly the title has NOTHING to do with the plot. Why not call is Blue Light or something else? I just can't stand a bad plot man. 2/5 stars.

A heartwarming story about chosen family and exceeding expectations about how good the world can or should be. Smooth, beautiful animation with lots of character and a fantastic cast. This movie is so charming and playful, with great pacing and is well worth the watch. Even when you know what's going to happen the events unfold in unique ways to maintain your interest.

2/5 stars. Not a great film. The VISUALS: 80 percent of this movie is pure darkness and moving shadows so it's difficult to ascertain what's happening in most of the action scenes. The development of visual process is also lacking seeing as nothing about the story was well illustrated verbally either which leads me to... The PLOT: The writing is very haphazard. It felt like they weren't sure of anything. Not the characters, what parts to highlight, or what the end should look like. They weren't even sure of the backstory which is why they never give you one. The CHARACTERS: The genius brother was the most well written character. The love story had no bearing except for what lead to the father getting hurt. The MONSTERS: Honestly interesting but not well fleshed out in terms of behavior. They seemed to be a mix of insect/roaches and wolves of some kind but why did they wait so long to attack anyone from the ground? Where did they get that idea all of a sudden? Why didn't we see an attack of any kind until AFTER the brothers killed one? If there was a point to that we'll never know. Also the giant flaming wheel of monsters (what the hell??!) was DEFINITELY added after post and the actors were unaware of this imagery. It took the girl exactly ONE swing of her gun handle to demolish the entire thing? That was so weird and random. If they could do something like that why wouldn't they have used it to destroy homes/houses/environments? This story just didn't make any sense. The most interesting moment in the whole film was when one of the creatures stuck its arm through the door at one of the sons. Seemingly to inspect him, but it was very eerie though it honestly didn't seem like it was trying to hurt him... which was also strange. And their fingernails can grow by the foot at will? They can spill their guts to kill their prey? There was just no way to get any understanding of anything.

I screwed up and deleted my initial review. Long story short, the movie was a senseless snoozer.