Between the original Guardians crew, Peter’s old Ravagers friends, and some previously established or teased foes like Elizabeth Debicki’s Ayesha and Will Poulter’s Adam Warlock, there are a lot of players to contend with - and to the film’s credit a pretty decent balance is managed, mixing old favorites with the new for a heartfelt sendoff.

3 anytime soon and haven’t already, carve out 42 minutes for some holiday cheer first.Īnd then buckle in for a space adventure that is alternately funny and upsetting, featuring a literal menagerie of the strange and unconventional. While there’s always a bare minimum of interconnectedness to be expected within the MCU, this film features direct references to big revelations and narrative shifts established in the Disney+ special. So it’s the Guardians against an extremely powerful despot with legions of minions under his control. Can Peter ( Chris Pratt), Nebula ( Karen Gillan), Mantis ( Pom Klementieff), Drax ( Dave Bautista), and Groot (voice of Vin Diesel) save their friend? Will Peter ever manage to convince the resurrected-via-time-travel-loophole Gamora ( Zoe Saldana) that because he and her “parallel future self” were once in love, she should give him a chance? Will there be some excellent needle drops? It’s a Guardians movie, so you know the answer to that last question will definitely be yes.Ĭall It Christmas in May: First things first - if you did not watch the Disney+ Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Gunn has no mercy in his heart for you. However, this brings them into the direct path of The High Evolutionary ( Peacemaker star Chukwudi Iwuji), whose quest to create a perfect society is the source of no shortage of pain and suffering throughout the universe, including Rocket’s own traumatic past. In fact, it’s Rocket’s creator who’s the big bad here: When a kill switch buried inside Rocket threatens his life, his chosen family rally to track down the technological cure he needs to live. 3 puts Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper) front and center, as his origins are pivotal to this final film in the trilogy.

The Pitch: One of the trademarks of writer/director James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy films has been the inclusion of wild characters with minimal explanation as to their backstory. 3 Review: James Gunn’s MCU Farewell Packs a Dark, but Heartfelt Punch appeared first on Consequence.

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