Guardians
Guardians
| 14 February 2017 (USA)
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During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.

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paulclaassen

The film has the look and feel of a video game. It moves too quickly at times, as if being advanced to the next level of a game. It sometimes feel they neglect showing crucial events. It was pretty much the Russian version of 'Fantastic Four'. This ambitious project has some really excellent effects and great moments, but overall it was just not compelling enough.

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SeriousMayhem

When the trailer arrived some time ago, I quickly became very enthusiastic. Then later the ratings came in, and I decided not to bother with this movie at all anymore. Until now, and I've set my expectations to "low".As it turns out, it's not a good movie indeed, but it's also not nearly as bad as some of the ratings suggest.The CGI is actually quite decent, especially if you consider the apparent budget they had to work with. It's not always on par with any latest Hollywood/Marvel blockbuster, but it will blow anything else out of the water easily. The only real distracting factor for me was the rendering of the half man/half bear character. It just didn't work well and I feel if they just went "full bear" it would have been a lot better. The action sequences are mostly very well done.The acting was mostly average but a little wooden quite a few times. I think this has more to do with the directing of the movie, rather than the acting itself - it is often very cheesy.Story-wise, it's nothing special, which means it's exactly what most other movies in the same genre are as well. It works, and that's it. The characters are all likeable, and even when their powers itself are not always that unique (a guy with a sword is a guy with a sword), it still manages to bring some uniqueness to the table that felt quite refreshing, especially if you compare it to some of the latest Hollywood/Marvel movies.The thing that bothered me most, and what ultimately brought me to the low rating, is that the characters are not developed at all. You don't get to know anything about them, their motivations, their backgrounds. Each character is introduced in a short scene. These introductions are nicely made, but it's too short and it seems to be more of a vessel to show off something visually rather than to actually tell us something about the characters.In the end, all of the characters are just "there" on the screen, and so underdeveloped that you just can't care about them, even when the movie tries to make you care for them in the later parts of it.It all feels very rushed and with only 90 minutes of runtime, I feel an extra 30 or so minutes of character development would have helped the movie tremendously.5/10.

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uirangs

The Russian equivalent of a Michael Bay movie, with way less money, of course. It is not a good super heroes movie, but it is quite entertaining and not as bad as the ratings here indicate. And it is far much better than any of the Fantastic Four movies or Suicide Squad. The CGI could be better, but one have to keep in mind this is a Russian movie, made with only a tiny fraction of the budget Hollywood movies have available.

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benjeshetu

The plot is very rushed. It took them 15 minutes to get the team together, even though they were all hiding. The avengers took 40 minutes and 5 movies to get their team together. The CGI is acceptable for 5 million $. It's better than the last air bender which costed 150 million $. The movie feels like you're watching it on fast forward.they have the worlds worst villain. He is a mix of bane and whiplash.i hope they fix it all in the sequel

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