The Best 3 New Movies on Netflix in July 2020
The Old Guard
If you loved Netflix’s Chris Hemsworth action vehicle Extraction and are in the mood for some more A-list ass-kicking, set your sights on The Old Guard. Love & Basketball and Beyond the Lights the lights filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood takes the sun-drenched mercenary riff and gives it an epic sci-fi spin with the story of a team of immortal soldiers of fortune who have shaped the course of history. The ensemble is led by Charlize Theron, who we know damn well can handle an intense action scene, and the trailer legit slaps. Netflix’s original action movies have been a mixed bag so far, some slight but entertaining a la Extraction, some heavy but thoughtful a la Triple Frontier, but in Collider’s official review, Matt Goldberg praised The Old Guard as Netflix’s best original action movie yet, which isn’t quite a surprise with a filmmaker as skilled as Prince-Bythewood at the helm, but it sure is exciting.