How did the movie “Immortal Guards 2” deepen the crisis of its heroes instead of saving them? | art

Perhaps the most dangerous thing in the series “The Old Guards”, especially after the release of the second part of it, is the isolation that led to the birth of an idea that brings together the action films and the human tendency to eternity and avoid death, and then coexisting between “the immortals” and “vanity”. Despite the delinquency of the ideas of Hollywood films in particular to the strange, the wondrous and sometimes disgusting, including vampire films, ghost films, and other mutants, the review of the culture of immortals in their struggle against the lovers of wars and merchants and arms makers to protect mankind from them is the strangest of them, because with its proximity to the miserable global reality, she tries to invent new and immortal heroic heroes, but the film seizes their souls and transforms them To human beings unable to act in articulated moments.

Despite the change of the director and the use of a third scenario writer in the second part of the series, the technical level between the two works was not great, as this continued to slow down in the rhythm, and the series’s crisis remains in abstraction that is difficult to absorb by the category of simple viewers who cannot imagine eternity, lack of death and immediate recovery of injuries, whatever its seriousness, and if the simple viewer understands that someone does not die By making sure, he will not continue to imagine that concern about living for decades, and the burden that weighs memory and exhausts conscience.

Multi -directional conflict

The main struggle is based on moral and existential questions raised in the first movie, with the expansion of the risk to a more comprehensive and emotional scope. In its essence, a bilateral conflict: an external battle against a strong new enemy that seeks to exploit the immortals, and an internal struggle between the members of the group as they face treason, loss and the psychological price of eternal life.

The external conflict intensifies when Quinn, who was imprisoned in the depths of the ocean, is not as an ally, but as a complex and revenge power, as centuries of prison and suffering were destroyed by the world. She and Andy (Charles Theron) had a solid bond, Queen now believed that their immortality should not be hidden, but to be exploited as a weapon. This difference creates a new force within the group, challenges their moral principles of protecting humanity, not its rule.

The internal struggle over confidence and identity highlights. Andy, who is now mortal after losing her capabilities, she must wrestle with her new weakness, while “Nile”, the new coming from the first part, takes a decisive role, which creates tension among generations: between veteran warriors and the sound of rising change. The group faces divisions not only because of external threats, but also because of old secrets, emotional exhaustion, and different visions about their goal. While the immortals face the interests of companies and the strong army that try to harness their talent to achieve profit and control, the question becomes: Can they stay united? Or is the burden of eternal life – and the scandal that you leave – will eventually destroy them from the inside?

Eternity

The events of the movie “The Immortal Guards 2”, which occupies the summit of the viewing list on the Netflix platform, begins shortly after the events of the first movie, photographed by the Creative Warriors, led by Andy, in a dispersion and frustration. They pay the price of their uniqueness with eternity or their loss of it, as in the case of Andy.

The team meets to confront a comprehensive threat that is not only related to humanity, but also tests their loyalty, morals and goal as ancient warriors living in the modern world. The return of Queen (Veronica Ngo), which was a prisoner of the surface of the sea for centuries, adds a different dramatic path, adding new to the group dynamics. The theme of the film is ultimately crystallized, as what started as a task, quickly turned into accountability for identity, guilt and the price of eternity.

The first part revolves around the burden of eternal life, and the second deepens in the study of emotional erosion associated with that burden. It reviews the psychological impact of eternity, and how time is weakened not only the body, but also the meaning, love and faith in the goal, as every personality is inhabited by the souls that you have lost, the people who lost it, and the light lack of affiliation with any era.

You can make sure – just watching – that there is an alternative actress who performed the fighting scenes of the star coming from South Africa, Charles Theron, as the rhythm of the combat movements and her spirit does not agree with the performance of the character who seems sensitive and emotionally to a large degree, in exchange for that violent spirit in the battles. Perhaps its reaction, which came as calm, after an immortality that lasted more than 15 centuries when she lost this ability, does not agree to start and logic the story.

The actress of African descent, Kiki Line, presented the role of “Nile”, with a simple performance that balances idealism and internal conflict, while “Veronica Ngo” or Queen, she performed a fierce and disturbing performance after her freedom from the 500 -year prison, but she is fighting – without strong logic – “Andy” that she failed and did not try to liberate. Matthias Schuners, Marwan Kenzari and Luka Marinelli.

The sorrows of the immortals

Director Victoria Mahouni tried to add a more intimate character in the work, away from the continuous fighting, to focus on the development of the character, but that focus somehow affected the rhythm of the film, while the scenario reviewed the internal conflict of each character, which made the dialogue stronger and deeper.

Since the first shot, the cold scenes and depression that control the work thanks to the shades of the blue, gray and golden blue colors on the screen, and supported by that existential confusion of the heroes and their continuous injuries in the battles. The use of spacious shots and slow movement in emotional fighting scenes comes to reflect an immediate impact on feelings, while reflecting repeated symbols, such as broken glass, water and sparkling fire, memory, refraction topics and fear of disappearing.

The symbolism plays a quiet but effective role in all scenes. In one of the scenes, Andy stands in a dilapidated cathedral with broken glass and stones. It is a visual metaphor for what these characters have become: previously sacred, and now is shattered. Likewise, mirrors, water and fire returns to appear in all scenes, each of which reflects the topics of identity, erasure, and resurrection.

The second part of the series succeeded in overcoming its predecessor, with a little, by trying to spread the spirit and meaning in the body of the work, which may not satisfy the lovers of the movement and battles, but it is good for those looking for an artwork that satisfies the mind as it addresses the conscience.