Recently I saw an article online about how moviegoers were starting to experience fatigue from superhero movies and I can understand that feeling.
Honestly, after the silliness of the “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” during Christmas, I was pretty done with the series.
However, a few friends told me to check out the newest and last installment in the Guardians of the Galaxy saga, so, I gave it a chance.
And while I enjoyed the film overall, my favorite part is the soundtrack – as with every Guardians flick thus far.
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
It is the final installment in the Guardians of the Galaxy film trilogy, the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the 32nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
It was written and directed by James Gunn and features an ensemble cast including Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Debicki, Asim Chaudhry, Mikaela Hoover, Nico Santos, and Sylvester Stallone.
The film is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, strong language, suggestive/drug references, and thematic elements, and 150 minutes long.
At their new headquarters on “Knowhere”, the Guardians of the Galaxy are attacked by Adam Warlock (Poulter), a Sovereign warrior created by the Sovereign high priestess Ayesha (Debicki).
After Adam overpowers the Guardians and critically wounds Rocket (Cooper), he is stabbed by Nebula (Gillan) and forced to flee.
The Guardians are unable to tend to Rocket’s wounds due to a kill switch, made by the company Orgocorp that’s embedded in him.
They travel to Orgocorp’s headquarters to find the override code at the same time as Rocket lies unconscious, while he recalls his past.
As a baby raccoon, he was experimented on by the High Evolutionary (Iwuji), a scientist who sought to enhance and anthropomorphize animal lifeforms to create a Counter-Earth.
Rocket befriended the High Evolutionary’s other test subjects: the otter Lylla (Cardellini), the walrus Teefs (Chaudhry), and the rabbit Floor (Hoover).
The High Evolutionary was impressed by Rocket’s rapidly growing intelligence, but became furious once it had exceeded his own.
The High Evolutionary perfected his experiments with Rocket’s advice, but ordered Rocket’s brain to be extracted and his friends incinerated since they were deemed inferior experiments.
Rocket freed Lylla, only for the High Evolutionary to kill her.
Rocket mauled the High Evolutionary and shot his guards, but Teefs and Floor were killed in the chaos.
Alone, Rocket stole a spaceship and fled.
In the present, the alternate version of Gamora (Saldaña) has joined the Ravagers, helping the Guardians infiltrate Orgocorp.
They retrieve Rocket’s file, but discover that the code has been removed from the business’ database.
The group speculates that Theel (Santos), one of the High Evolutionary’s advisors, has it, so they depart for Counter-Earth.
Outside of the awesome soundtrack, this film is all about the meaning of friends, family, and how they can change and grow – but it also doesn’t sugarcoat the horrors of animal testing.
It’s up to you to decide if the film is something you’re interested in and in true MCU form, wait for two extra-credit scenes at the end.
