← Back to Reviews
in
Those going into this film can expect to have a lot of fun, Guardians delivers on that in spades. With lots of laughs, high thrills and excellent chemistry between the cast members and new additions, this sequel has no problem entertaining you. Expect some hiccups here and there, but as a whole Guardians is a great film.
The Guardians are well known know and their current job is protecting some powerful battery cells for a 'perfect' gold species known as the Sovereign. Rocket takes it upon himself to steal a few cells because they are worth a lot of money. Ayesha, leader of the Sovereign finds out and makes it her mission to kill the Guardians. While trying to kill them and retrieve her cells, the Guardians are saved by some guy known as Ego, who claims to be Peter Quills father. Quill, Gamora and Drax go with Ego while Rocket, Baby Groot and their prisoner Nebula stay behind to fix their broken ship.
Peter's father is played by non other than Kurt Russell and that is perfect casting. Pratt and Russell are in sync with each other and pull off a believable relationship. Another new addition is Pom Klementieff who plays Mantis. Most of her interaction is with Drax and they have a few funny bits together. I fully expect more character exploration for her in the next instalment.
The rest of the cast are great, as expected. Everyone is having a lot of fun here and that's the biggest selling point here, the film is fun. With groovy tunes, colourful cinematography and exciting action, Guardians is a great popcorn flick. It seems like Marvel has taken notes from these films for some future titles like Thor. Gunn manages to balance both comedy and action well and the film is stock full of beautiful sequences full of CGI. None of it is distracting either, which was a delight.
Despite being a funny flick, I couldn't help but feel that there was a lot of forced comedy bits. The biggest fault here is with Drax. In the original film, he was on a revenge mission for the death of his family and his struggles with interacting with the Guardians as his new "family". Here he is nothing but a one-liner of a character. I was a bit disappointed in that aspect but these are small quibbles in an otherwise highly enjoyable flick.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
(James Gunn)
(James Gunn)
Those going into this film can expect to have a lot of fun, Guardians delivers on that in spades. With lots of laughs, high thrills and excellent chemistry between the cast members and new additions, this sequel has no problem entertaining you. Expect some hiccups here and there, but as a whole Guardians is a great film.
The Guardians are well known know and their current job is protecting some powerful battery cells for a 'perfect' gold species known as the Sovereign. Rocket takes it upon himself to steal a few cells because they are worth a lot of money. Ayesha, leader of the Sovereign finds out and makes it her mission to kill the Guardians. While trying to kill them and retrieve her cells, the Guardians are saved by some guy known as Ego, who claims to be Peter Quills father. Quill, Gamora and Drax go with Ego while Rocket, Baby Groot and their prisoner Nebula stay behind to fix their broken ship.
Peter's father is played by non other than Kurt Russell and that is perfect casting. Pratt and Russell are in sync with each other and pull off a believable relationship. Another new addition is Pom Klementieff who plays Mantis. Most of her interaction is with Drax and they have a few funny bits together. I fully expect more character exploration for her in the next instalment.
The rest of the cast are great, as expected. Everyone is having a lot of fun here and that's the biggest selling point here, the film is fun. With groovy tunes, colourful cinematography and exciting action, Guardians is a great popcorn flick. It seems like Marvel has taken notes from these films for some future titles like Thor. Gunn manages to balance both comedy and action well and the film is stock full of beautiful sequences full of CGI. None of it is distracting either, which was a delight.
Despite being a funny flick, I couldn't help but feel that there was a lot of forced comedy bits. The biggest fault here is with Drax. In the original film, he was on a revenge mission for the death of his family and his struggles with interacting with the Guardians as his new "family". Here he is nothing but a one-liner of a character. I was a bit disappointed in that aspect but these are small quibbles in an otherwise highly enjoyable flick.