Perhaps that also has to do with the quality of “The Old Guard 2,” which feels like a step down from the first movie, which provided much-needed escapism in the summer of 2020 as we met Theron’s Andromache the Scythian (Andy, for short) and welcomed KiKi Layne’s new immortal Nile.

Uma Thurman and Henry Golding join the returning cast in this follow-up to 2020’s adaptation of the graphic novel series about immortal soldiers battling to protect humanity.

T he Old Guard 2 (now on Netflix) is a sequel to a movie I remember enjoying, but five years hence, I’m hard-pressed to remember exactly why. The Old Guard, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, was a hit,