# The Old Guard (2020)

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**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Action, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Gina Prince-Bythewood
**Written by**: Greg Rucka
**Starring**: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Veronica Ngô, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli

> *Forever is harder than it looks.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You're a soldier bound by a curse you can’t remember choosing. The mission to survive brings a team of killers to your door and something worse: an unsettling glimpse of why you were made. Gina Prince-Bythewood pauses before the final charge.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, raw, tender

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 6.7/10 (208963 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 80% · Metacritic 70/100

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