What is the plot of The Old Guard?

A covert team of immortal mercenaries is suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered. A covert team of immortal mercenaries is suddenly exposed and must now fight to keep their identity a secret just as an unexpected new member is discovered.
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Is The Old Guard based on a true story?

The Old Guard's Andromache is based on wild stories from ancient mythology.
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What is the meaning of the ending of The Old Guard?

'The Old Guard' ending left key plot points up in the air

It's decided that he is to go into exile and can't rejoin them for 100 years. That leads to an emotional goodbye between Andy and Booker. Since she's likely now mortal, the exile means they may never see each other again.
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Does Andy stay immortal in The Old Guard?

The ending of The Old Guard, however, put several things in stark perspective for Andy, Nick, Joe, Nile, and Booker from the reveal that Andy is no longer immortal to the twist that her partner, Quynh is alive.
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Who is the villain in The Old Guard?

Yup, the bad guy in the film, Steven Merrick is played by actor Harry Melling, who also fantastically portrayed the role of Dudley Dursley, Harry Potter's evil cousin who had us hating him from the early days of our childhood. 14 days.
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How did Quynh escape?

Now, it's a mystery as to how she escaped from the iron maiden in the water. Over time, perhaps, the metal may have corroded to the point where Quynh was able to break free. Or someone retrieved the tomb and opened it while exploring the sea or finding the device ashore, allowing Quynh to come back to life for good.
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Are Andy and Quynh lovers?

In the recently released sequel series, The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, the relationship of Quynh (called Noriko in the book) and Andy is revealed to have been a passionate love affair, similar to what Joe and Nicky experience in the present.
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Is Quynh evil in The Old Guard?

If the comics are anything to go by, it's the latter. In the sequel series The Old Guard: Force Multiplied, the Quynh character (who is called Noriko in the comics) is the main villain, and Booker is her often unwilling accomplice.
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Why did Andy become mortal?

In the comics, Andy is still immortal.

After Andy gets cut with a knife and is unable to heal herself, she realizes she's become mortal.
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Does Andromache of Scythia get her immortality back?

This resulted in Andy's first death, after which she came back to life again and found she was immortal. She eventually became the leader of her tribe after defeating the enemies who killed her for the first time.
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Why Andy lost her immortality?

Andy realises that she's lost her immortality when a stab wound from an earlier fight doesn't heal. This means that when she's captured by Merrick and during the final battle, a fatal wound will be just that: fatal.
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Who was the woman in the last scene of old guard movie?

This woman, as you may remember from earlier in the film, is Quynh (Da 5 Bloods and Star Wars: The Last Jedi star Veronica Van Ngo)—one of the original two immortals. It was clarified in a flashback scene earlier that she was the second oldest of all of them, and that she was a friend and inseparable with Andy.
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Is Andromache of Scythia real?

Our Andy's full name is Andromache of Scythia. The Scythians were an ancient people from Siberia—and archaeologists believe that the group, which featured women warriors, may have been the inspiration for the Amazons.
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How do The Old Guard become immortal?

They discover their immortality by killing each other, and continue killing each other each time they revive. They always wake up together, ultimately deciding to keep that going permanently without the murder foreplay.
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How did Nicky and Joe meet in The Old Guard?

Nicolò di Genova, known as Nicky, is an immortal and current member of the Old Guard. He is in a relationship with Yusuf al-Kaysani, known as Joe, whom he met while fighting on opposite sides during the Crusades.
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How old was Andy in The Old Guard?

How Old Is Andy In The Old Guard? While the movie form of The Old Guard keeps Andy's age ambiguous, it is known that she is the oldest member of the group. Her full name, Andromache of Scythia, refers to a Central Asian empire that ended in the second century CE, making Andy at least 1800 years old but likely older.
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Is there a part 2 to The Old Guard?

The Old Guard Chapter 2: Force Multiplied is finally moving forward at Netflix. Here's what we know. It's coming up on two years since The Old Guard premiered on Netflix. Filming has finally now began on the long-awaited sequel and we've got new casting news.
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Are they making an old guard 2?

Charlize Theron and cast mates "go to work" on 'The Old Guard' sequel. With filming now confirmed to be underway for the sequel to the 2020 hit Netflix film, The Old Guard, the film's star, Charlize Theron has revealed two behind-the-scenes photos showcasing the return of several actors from the previous film.
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What happens to Noriko in The Old Guard?

By the time the others catch up with Andy, Noriko has already disappeared. Andy finds Noriko tailing Nile outside a bar and asks to talk. Noriko makes Andy feel guilty about giving up on searching for her and explains that she drowned repeatedly for years.
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Is The Old Guard related to Hancock?

" The Old Guard, based on the Image Comics miniseries of the same title, ultimately has very little else in common with Hancock. Still, the 2008 movie has remained popular with some fans in the years which have since followed, and Theron is more than willing to jump back into that world with Smith.
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Is Quynh alive?

Is Quynh alive? While Quynh in The Old Guard doesn't appear throughout the film, her being alive is proven in the film's final moments. In the end, Booker is exiled from the immortal warrior's group. Months into the future he is shown living in Paris.
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Is Andy in the old guard 2?

All of the main cast will return for the sequel, so that's Charlize Theron as Andy, KiKi Layne as Nile, Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker, Marwan Kenzari as Joe and Luca Marinelli as Nicky.
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Do they save Quynh old guard?

At the end of The Old Guard, Booker drunkenly stumbles into his apartment after Andy, Nicky, Joe, and Nile sentence him to 100 years of exile from the group. He finds a woman in his apartment drinking a glass of water, revealing Quỳnh to be alive.
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Does Booker betray Andy?

Booker shoots Andy, giving her a potentially fatal wound to her side and exposing the truth: She can no longer heal, a sign her immortality has faded and she can actually die. Booker exposes himself as a traitor, allowing himself to be taken into custody by Merrick alongside Andy.
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What is Andy eating in The Old Guard?

But there's something else a bit unique about Andy — in The Old Guard, she's always eating the Greek dessert baklava. As it turns out, there's a specific reason for this character choice.
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