Defending the universe again

WGuardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Genre: Fantasy, action Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel

ritten and directed by James Gunn, Guardians ofthegalaxyvolume3 is a 2023 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardiansofthegalaxy , produced by Marvel Studios, and

distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to Guardiansofthegalaxy (2014) and Guardiansofthe Galaxyvol.2 (2017), and the 32nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

In this edition, the Guardians are settling in at Knowhere, a community in the severed head of a celestial that serves as their home base. With Gamora gone, Peter (Chris Pratt) – Star-lord - is still grieving, unaware of the fact that somehow Gamora - or, rather, a variant - is alive, sans her memories of him and the Guardians. When, a few minutes into the film, Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) becomes victim to a deadly attack, the team is reunited with a hostile, partially amnesiac Gamora, who is reluctantly dragged into their plot to save him.

While Rocket is in critical condition, Peter and company do some risky snooping through

Rocket’s traumatic back story to figure out how to save his life and stop the man pursuing him, the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji). A powerful god-figure, the High Evolutionary has genetically altered Rocket, other animals and even children to create a perfect race to inhabit his imagined utopia.

A series of scenes take place in a ship fashioned like viscera and innards, with fleshy globules and architectural dendrites, often in nude tones. Squishy sound effects add an unwelcome layer of grossness. MCU fan? Go watch.

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