A review on Marvel Comics feature length film, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2’ (2017). The Production House is Marvel Studios while its Distributor is Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
+ Crew
- Written & Directed by James Gunn
- Cinematography by Craig Wood
- Costumes Design by Judianna Makovsky
- Production Designed by Scott Chambliss
- Edited by Fred Raskin & Craig Wood
- Music by Tyler Bates
- Produced by Kevin Feige
+Note
There are several cameo appearances by Michael Rosenbaum as Martinex T’Naga, Ving Rhames as Charlie-27, and Michelle Yeoh as Stakar’s female counterpart Aleta Ogord. David Hasselhoff makes a special cameo appearance in addition to contributing to the film’s soundtrack, while Rob Zombie once again has a Ravager voice cameo. CG characters Krugarr and Mainframe, with the latter voiced, in an uncredited cameo, by Miley Cyrus.
Stan Lee’s key appearance confirms long popular fan-theory. Guardians of the Galaxy comics are written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning.
+ Main Cast
- Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord
- Kurt Russell as Ego
- Zoe Saldana as Gamora
- Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
- Bradley Cooper as Rocket
- Vin Diesel as Baby Groot
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+ Supportive Cast
- Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta
- Karen Gillan as Nebula
- Pom Klementieff as Mantis
- Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha
- Sylvester Stallone as Stakar Ogord
- Seth Green as the voice of Howard the Duck (Cameo)
+ Plot
It continues their unravel journey into deep space and opens backstory of Peter Quill’s parentage.
+ High Points
i – Marvel knows the formula what to do with its characters and how to present them well on-screen. Therefore their films are most interesting and lovable by majority.
ii – Big budget $200 m is well put in its superb production design.
iii – Baby Groot was really nice add-on in this multiple super hero characters film.
iv – Once again it was well written and directed by James Gunn. This time he was sole person behind this incredible story and introducing new comic characters onto the big screen.
v – Main villain as Ego was presented in much more convincing manner.
vi – The film had multiple good humor and was generally very hilarious.
vii – The visual effects is stunningly beautiful, filled with amazing fight sequences.
viii – Makeup & Hair styling was Top Notch. Two thumbs up!
ix – The story & screenplay was very engaging enough to pull the audience towards the film to watch with keen interest.
x – Several cameo appearances by many stars and different comic characters.
xi – There are at least 4 – 5 special endings during and post credits.
+ Low Points
i – Although Kurt Russell performed well as Ego but he did not looked threatening enough as did Ronan (previous film main villain).
+ Overall
Superb as it is, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 is handled by incredibly skilled director – as much exciting as its predecessor.
Rate: 4.50 out of 5 stars
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