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WHO WANTS to live forever?” the great Freddie Mercury once sang. Who indeed? For some, the dream of eternal life is the ultimate trophy, but think about it: yes, you may be able to one day jet off to work in a flying car, chew on a Sunday roast food pill or finish Marcel Proust’s Remembrance Of Things Past, but is it really worth seeing everyone you’ve ever loved grow old and eventually croak before your ever-youthful eyes?
That’s the sadness behind the action of Netflix’s new SF flick The Old Guard, in which a band of ageless mercenaries, headed up by the tired-of-life and centuries-old Andy (Charlize Theron), are pursued by a ruthless pharmaceutical honcho who plans to replicate and sell the group’s death-defying powers.