It’s rare to
experience a film that offers you pure entertainment from beginning to end as
well as an exciting action packed story involving ‘out of this world characters’
that you can completely empathies with - including a raccoon! Based on the 2008 relaunch of the Marvel
comic, Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) is a live action movie directed
by James Gunn, who also assisted Nicole Perlman with the screenplay. Perlman
had been enrolled in Marvels screenwriting program in 2008 and it was her wish
to bring this particular story to the screen.
Gamora. |
Not as well
known as some of the other members of the Avengers
Assemble included in the Marvel Cinematic Universe like The
Incredible Hulk, Iron Man
or Captain
America but these more galactic-based characters are nonetheless welcome.
Firstly we have Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) who we first see being abducted from
earth by an alien spaceship when he was just a young boy in 1988. Taken under
the wing of Yondu Udonta (Michael Rooker), a space pirate and leader of the
Ravagers, we meet Quill again 26 years later on the planet Morag where as Star
Lord he is in the process of stealing an orb, an object of great power and very
much in demand none more so than by Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace) whose race,
the Kree has just signed a peace treaty with Xandar, home of the Nova Corps
Galactic Police Force. With the power of the orb Ronan can destroy Xandar along
with its world peace treaty. Someone needs to stop him and to this end the
space pirate Star Lord teams up with the genetically engineered raccoon Rocket
(voiced by Bradley Cooper) and his bounty hunter partner Groot a tree like
humanoid (voiced by Vin Diesel), powerful Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista)
and Gamora (Zoe Saldana) a female assassin with special powers and adopted
daughter of supervillian Thanos.
I am Groot! |
A great part
of the ingenious soundtrack is provided by a collection of pop songs recorded
before Peter Quills mother died of cancer and given to him on a cassette tape on
her deathbed, which along with his beloved Walkman accompany him on his travels.
Although full of great space battles and thrilling set pieces the best thing
about this movie is the extremely well drawn and engaging characters and its
humour. The cast may not be very well known but with a sequel due in the summer
of 2017 this could change. Highly recommended for fans of the Marvel franchise,
and even if your not it’s a good place to start.
Drax the Destroyer....... |
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