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Saturday, August 18, 2018

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 2 (2017)

With the element of surprise inevitably lost in Vol. 2, it’s a bit of a hunt to find the kind of fun that bubbled up more naturally in the first Guardians adventure as our motley gang of Space Enforcers again fight villains and a surfeit of over-elaborated CGI effects. Three main story arcs are called into action: Chris Pratt finds his dad (amusingly claimed by Kurt Russell and a weird computer-enhanced youthful version of himself in the prologue); a battle of sisterly sibling rivalry (violently tiresome stuff); and an arrogant Queen, a client turned adversary. But, like a six-course meal highlighted by unassuming side dishes, the pic works best when visual overkill gives way to silly comic routines, space age vaudeville acts like the one here that finds Young Groot, a CGI-animated twig and the film’s breakout star, unable to fetch the correct item to help our heroes make a prison escape. More like this in Vol. 3, please.

DOUBLE-BILL: Vol. 1.

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