The Old Guard is a 2020 film that I believe follows the Heroine’s Journey. The movie follows a group of self-healing, immortal warriors that are being hunted by a pharmaceutical company for their genes. The movie is full of action and history and it was one of the most popular movies of 2020. In this post, I’ll discuss how the main character, Nile, goes through some kind of heroic journey. The movie follows the Heroine’s Journey most closely and centers around Nile, the group’s newcomer. Her separation from the “feminine” is really a separation from the mortal world. Nile is killed at the beginning of the movie when she is serving as a Marine in Afghanistan. When her wounds heal and she quickly comes back to life, she realizes that she’s different than other people and thus leaves the ordinary world. She is found by Andy, the leader of the group of immortals, and starts her new life with them. At first, Nile is happy to have allies who are going through the same thing as her, but she ...