The Old Guard

The Old Guard is an American superhero film directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Based on the comic book of the same name.

The movie follows a pack of mercenaries who are all centuries-old immortals able to heal from any wound. Just as they find another immortal has "awakened", they realize someone is onto their secret and have to fight for their freedom.

Summary
"Led by a warrior named Andy (Charlize Theron), a covert group of tight-knit mercenaries with a mysterious inability to die have fought to protect the mortal world for centuries. But when the team is recruited to take on an emergency mission and their extraordinary abilities are suddenly exposed, it’s up to Andy and Nile (Kiki Layne), the newest soldier to join their ranks, to help the group eliminate the threat of those who seek to replicate and monetize their power by any means necessary."

- Netflix Press Release

Plot
Andy is a 6000 year old Immortal Warrior a member of an ancient group known as the Old Guard, when her group is offered a opportunity to rescue school kids it turns to be a setup by Copley.

When Nile is deployed in Afghanistan she is on patrol looking for a high value target in a town, when she kills the HVT he mortally wounds her by stabbing her in the neck. When she begins to revive memories of others surface, and for the members of the Order they learn the identity of a new immortal Nile Freeman.

Andy rescues Nile from research and experimentation by the US Government and takes her to the Old Guards safe-house just outside of Paris, France. In an ambush Joe and Nicky are captured by Merrick, Andy finds Joe severely wounded and while he heals fights of intruders in the main church. When they escape to a former hide-out of Andy's she finds her wounds are not healing, signaling the end of her mortality.

In an attempt to rescue Joe and Nicky; Joe, Nile and Andy find Copley where after a short time Nile decides to leave, when confronting Copley, Nile betrays Andy who is injured, they are then captured. When Nile embarks to back them up she finds them missing, confronting Copley he explains how he watched his wife die from ALS an incurable fatal disease. He then tells her where he can find Merrick and the other immortals. In a one man assault Nile finds the members of the Old Guard and rescues them only to have found Andy's immortality has worn off.

In pursuit of Merrick, Andy goes after Merrick herself engaging two soldiers, after asking him where he is Merrick has gone to his penthouse. During the assault Merrick begins to get away however it is only a deception and Merrick confronts Andy and Nile. In his attempt to kill Andy, Nile pushes Merrick out the window down to the street below and into a car.

After discussing Nicky's betrayal the Old Guard decides that he will be exiled from them for a century, while Nile decides it is best to leave her old life behind. Noting that Copley has tracked the history of the Old Guard over a century and a half they recruit him to clean up their tracks and find them jobs that will suit them right. With little to do, and with no choice he accepts simply stating "I'd be honored."

Cast and Characters

 * Charlize Theron as Andy
 * Kiki Layne as Nile
 * Marwan Kenzari as Joe
 * Luca Marinelli as Nicky
 * Harry Melling as Merrick
 * Van Veronica Ngo as Dr. Kozak
 * Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker
 * Chiwetel Ejiofor as Copley