James Gunn and his squad of saviors of the universe – Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista and the voices of Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel – provide a torrent of emotion and special effects in the latter (or pas) part of their intergalactic adventures.
It was to be expected. As the conclusion (the filmmaker clarified in an interview that the “Guardians” may well return in a few years) to the adventures of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) strangest troupe, James Gunn will stop at nothing. The action is thunderous, the special effects are massive, the creatures appear to have come off a drug “trip” (yes, several at once) and the scenario is capable of causing multiple gullets in the most jaded moviegoer.
Because the story revolves around Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper in the original version), the raccoon who loves firearms and is friends with Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel). When the villain Adam Warlock (Will Poulter) wants to get his hands on Rocket, the Guardians seek out his creator, the Master of Evolution (Chukwudi Iwuji), a mad scientist, and uncover their horrific past. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Drax (Dave Bautista), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Nebula (Karen Gillan) are joined by Gamora (Zoe Saldana), who still can’t remember her love affair with Peter.
By deciding to do Rocket and the experiments, he became the main subject of this Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 James Gunn takes the simplest but also most effective way to create emotions. Manichaean to the end, the screenwriter-director turns his Master of Evolution into the perfect antagonist, as hateful as you want, a consummate megalomaniac in whom the allegory of contemporary society cannot be overlooked.
Another facility, the soundtrack, which, with big bangs of catchy decibels, supports colorful and psychedelic scenes … when they are not bordering on the ridiculous (and we note the presence of Nathan Fillion in a kind of soldier of the orgoscope, a vessel of organic Material). Yes, it’s way…too much, and that third guardian sometimes gets bogged down in cartoons.
At 150 Minutes we also sense James Gunn’s desire to prioritize quantity over quality. Many scenes were retained to make the feature last without adding anything to the plot.
But despite everything, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 continues to entertain, move and make people laugh. Because, wrapping their scenario in a sweet scent of nostalgia and farewell, this bevy of happy fellows – yes, even Nebula and Gamora cheer at the end – keeps us vibrating… for the last time (or not).
Rating: 3.5 out of 5