The Old Guard 2: still not dead (trailer).

Immortality, it turns out, is still a full-time job. Just when Andy and her undead A-team thought they’d earned a long nap, The Old Guard 2 lurches back into action like a centuries-old warrior who’s had one too many espresso shots. Premiering July 2nd, 2025, exclusively on Netflix, this sequel brings back the ageless assassins you secretly want to be adopted by—assuming you enjoy blood, betrayal, and intense conversations in castle ruins.

Directed by Victoria Mahoney, who’s stepped into the immortal breach after Gina Prince-Bythewood’s tenure on the first outing, The Old Guard 2 once again plunges us into a sleek, sword-swinging, angst-drenched world where dying is hard, but therapy is harder.

Charlize Theron returns as Andy—Andromache of Scythia if you’re being formal—a warrior who’s been protecting the world since your ancestors were still figuring out fire. But this time, she’s got a little problem: mortality. Yes, the woman who once shrugged off bullets like dandruff is now vulnerable, and not in the “open-to-new-relationships” sense. Meanwhile, Nile (KiKi Layne) is stepping up as the team’s new powerhouse, and Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts) is still off sulking somewhere after his little betrayal back in the first film. He’s probably fine. Or brooding in a cave. Possibly both.

Also back are Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli), the most romantic couple ever to kill people with medieval weaponry. Chiwetel Ejiofor’s James Copley is still hanging around, now fully converted to the cause, and Veronica Ngô’s Quỳnh is back with a vengeance. Having been rescued from her extremely damp and psychologically ruinous underwater imprisonment, she’s now seeking revenge. Which, to be fair, feels entirely justified. Locked in a drowning coffin for a few hundred years? Even Miss Marple might turn vengeful after that.

Joining the cast are Henry Golding as Tuah, an old friend with possible answers to the Big Immortality Mystery (because every immortal needs a backstory powerpoint), and Uma Thurman as Discord—a name that screams “definitely not a well-adjusted individual.” We don’t yet know if she’s friend, foe, or just really into brand synergy, but let’s face it, Uma plus swords equals very good things.

Expect globe-trotting showdowns, emotional reckonings, and at least one philosophical monologue delivered while bleeding stylishly from a bayonet wound. The action promises to be bigger, bloodier, and possibly even more operatic than last time. And if Netflix sticks the landing, The Old Guard might just become the franchise equivalent of Highlander—but with better hair and fewer questionable accents.

Here at SFcrowsnest, we’re all in for this kind of dark, sexy, ultra-violent fantasy—especially when it features immortal warriors casually debating ethics while taking out mercenaries with antique flails.

So mark your calendars for July 2nd 2025. Because age may be just a number, but vengeance is eternal—and Charlize Theron still looks like she could out-fight a freight train wearing nothing but a smirk.