As the monsters approach, Groot unfurls himself, looking much larger than he did during the film, which would seem to indicate that this new group has been around for a while.

They’re on a mission, defending a small town from a group of monstrous creatures about to invade. All clad in the blue-and-red Guardians uniform, these five represent the revamped Guardians of the Galaxy. The first stinger opens on a desert-like planet with Rocket, Kraglin (Sean Gunn), Cosmo (Maria Bakalova), Adam Warlock (Will Poulter), and Phyla-Vell, one of the kids the Guardians rescued in the climax.

And Gunn, on his way out the door for his new job as the co-CEO of DC, does his best to imbue his final Guardians chapter with a sense of closure.Īfter rescuing Rocket (Bradley Cooper), some of the Guardians realize they have some solo soul-searching to do, which leads to a Return of the King-like parting of the ways: Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) returns to Earth to reconnect with his grandfather, Mantis (Pom Klementieff) ventures out to explore the universe the time-displaced Gamora (Zoe Saldana), despite reconnecting with Peter on some level, returns to the Ravagers Drax (Dave Bautista) and Nebula (Karen Gillan) stay behind on Knowhere and Rocket becomes the leader of the Guardians. Not since Endgame has a Marvel film felt as complete, fully realized, and entertaining as Vol 3. Īfter a rough start to 2023, the new-and final-installment of James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. _Spoilers for _ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

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