Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

"Anyone can save the galaxy once."

2017 2h 17m EN

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7.6

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85%

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 23,550🍅85%Rotten Tomatoes●67Metacritic★7.6IMDB · 828,114

Science FictionAdventureAction

Synopsis

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The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

“Anyone can save the galaxy once.”

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Cast

Chris Pratt
Peter Quill / Star-Lord
Zoe Saldaña
Gamora
Dave Bautista
Drax
Vin Diesel
Baby Groot (voice)
Bradley Cooper
Rocket (voice)
Kurt Russell
Ego
Michael Rooker
Yondu
Karen Gillan
Nebula

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Gunn
Writers: James Gunn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Guardians of the Galaxy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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299+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by James Gunn, shot by Henry Braham. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Craig Wood shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Gunn directs. Henry Braham behind the camera. Tyler Bates scores. Craig Wood cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Budget of $200M — blockbuster tier. Only ~1% of films ever made reach this.
2Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Part of the "Guardians of the Galaxy Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5299+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by James Gunn, shot by Henry Braham. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Tyler Bates. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Craig Wood shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldaña and Dave Bautista carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Anyone can save the galaxy once.".
11IMDB entry: tt3896198 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1223,550 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 10 themes, including "hero", "superhero", "based on comic", "sequel".
14Released under 23 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Henry Braham
Original score: Tyler Bates
Editing: Craig Wood
Production design: Scott Chambliss
Costume design: Judianna Makovsky
Makeup / hair: Alexei Dmitriew
VFX supervisor: Jonathan Fawkner
Sound: Addison Teague
Stunt coordinator: Casey O'Neill
Runtime: 137 min · 2h 17m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $200,000,000
Box office: $863,756,051
Return: 432% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 85% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 67/100
IMDB rating: 7.6/10 · 828,114 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 62 nominations total

Part of

Guardians of the Galaxy Collection

A superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, and part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series. The series is centered on a band of former intergalactic outlaws, who have teamed together to protect the Galaxy from planetary threats. Led by Peter Quill (Star-Lord) the roster includes Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccon & Groot.

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Steve Parker2017-04-26
★ 7/10
I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first one. Too long — could have been about 30 minutes shorter. I don’t mind long movies, but they shouldn’t feel long. There’s some good humour throughout the movie and the characters are enjoyable, particularly Rocket who is my favourite! Story is pretty thin. Some good action sequences, of course. Overall, an average movie. Has lost some of the freshness of the original.
Gimly2017-05-13
★ 8/10
Logan, 2017's first Marvel offering, was a movie I loved because of just how little it relied on its comic book origins, completely forgoing the superhero tropes and going in its own unique and totally enthralling direction. Guardians 2 however, is a movie I loved because of just how intensely it embraced its comic book origins. The Kirby-isms shine through brilliantly and every couple of minutes I found myself grinning like an idiot at some new reference or stylistic choice. Logan might be the super hero movie for people who don't like super hero movies. Guardians 2 is the super hero movie for people who have steeped themselves deeply in the lore of super heroes. But I absolutely adore them both for the same reason: How they made me feel. Final rating:★★★★ - An all round good movie with a little something extra.
DonnyPie2017-05-22
★ 8/10
The David Hasselhoff of all reviews, obviously. Do you have any tape? Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is an action-packed Marvel comedy. The guardians unravel the mysteries of Star-lord aka Peter Quill's (Chris Pratt) broken history while avoiding constant danger. Oh. And did I mention the soundtrack? Muy bueno! 8) Unlike most sequels, Vol. 2 might actually be better than Vol. 1. The entire cast is more likable than the first film. Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista) has more comedic lines like, "When you're ugly and someone loves you, it means they love you for who you are." Rocket Racoon (Bradley Cooper) still maintains a sentimental but adorably tough persona. And Baby Groot is cute as ever whenever he says,"I am groot." In his baby-voice. One of the more noticeable differences is the relationship between Gamora (Zoe Saldana) and Star-lord. It's not as intimate. We were all hoping for a sci-fi sex scene. We don't get it! The fight scenes are nothing less than spectacular. There's a scene with Yondu (Michael Rooker) where he's using a whistle-controlled weapon to kill an entire space crew of villains ALL IN SLOW-MOTION! Just go watch the film. It's worth it for the cgi-artwork alone.