Charlize Theron, who will hit a birthday milestone this summer, is back as axe-wielding superhero Andy in the Netflix action sequel "The Old Guard 2."

Regarding the latter, Charlize Theron's The Old Guard broke records on Netflix upon it release, resulting in the quick green lighting of a sequel. Critics have seen that follow-up film, and they seem pretty agreed on it being a "forgettable" second entry in the burgeoning franchise.

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.