Chris Pratt leads a group of misfits out to save the galaxy in this fizzy fantasy
Chris Pratt leads a group of misfits out to save the galaxy in this fizzy fantasy.
Buoyed along by snarky banter and breezy 1970s pop, this comic-book movie is a giddily entertaining sci-fi romp.
Pratt's swaggering space adventurer Peter Quill gets in and out of scrapes by means of cheek and bluster rather than his not especially quick wits. His oddball collection of vagabonds who band together to retrieve an all-powerful orb comprise green-skinned alien Gamora (Zoë Saldana,), tattooed, slow-on-the-uptake hulk Drax the Destroyer (ex-wrestler Dave Bautista), a sarcastic talking raccoon named Rocket (Bradley Cooper) and his sidekick Groot (Vin Diesel), a walking tree whose vocabulary is limited to the three words 'I am Groot'.
However, the plot is just an excuse for exciting CGI-boosted action and larky, tongue-in-cheek banter from the kooky heroes.
This film is starting at 11.05pm on BBC1 Northern Ireland and Wales.
