Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 Review: A swansong that ratchets up emotions – Moviesapple

Film: Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3Cast: Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Chukwudi Iwuji, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Sean Gunn, Sylvester

Stallone, Maria Bakalova, Michael Rosenbaum, Daniela MelchiorDirector: James GunnRating: 3/ 5 The `Guardians of the Galaxy` originally created by Gene Colan and Arnold Drake as a

team of heroes from the 31st century got its revamped D-list character line-up as now seen in the MCU, through writers Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. The Galaxy cinematic universe,

planned as a trilogy, has now come full circle with Vol 3 becoming the swan song for writer/director James Gunn and his Galaxy oeuvre, as he jumps onto the Warner Bros. franchise.

bandwagon, ostensibly, to run DC Studios. Vol. 3, this third and final installment, opens with Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) drinking himself into a stupor, still pining over the

death of his beloved Gamora (Zoe Saldana) - as an acoustic version of Radiohead's "Creep" plays on in the background. This movie is all about Rocket (Bradley Cooper), his creation

from a genetically engineered experiment by the High Evolutionary (Iwuji), a mad scientist who wants to create a perfect society through eugenics, and how Rocket has now reached

the stage where he is all set to take control of the Zune. But before that can happen, the Guardians are attacked by Adam Warlock (Will Poulter), a golden warrior created by the

Sovereign. So Peter Quill is forced to come out of his stupor and rally his team to save Rocket from a near-death situation. This mission could well mean the end of the Guardians,

if not successful. The popular and distinctive Marvel franchise which follows the adventures of a ragtag team of cosmic heroes is served as a goodbye to a set of characters and

films with weird, strange stories. It's a rather befitting, fairly thrilling, intermittently funny, and strongly emotional conclusion to the trilogy. The main story delves into

Rocket's tragic backstory with flashbacks of young Rocket's cage mates (other critters with crude cybernetic enhancements) interspersed throughout the runtime. Some of the jokes

are a bit too silly and the tone is a bit confusing at times. But it makes up for that with an emotional track that captures your heart and makes you feel. This is not a perfect

film. Adam Warlock appears brainless and the main villain has little scope to stand tall as powerful and forbidding. The movie has action, comedy, and drama in good measure.

The action scenes are well-choreographed and thrilling. The best sequence here involves a hallway battle set shot in one continuous take. Pratt and Cooper as Quill and Rocket, who