PRATT: (As Peter Quill) We come in peace. Our heroes zipping off to multiple planets. But in fairness, there's a lot going on - a mad scientist.ĬHUKWUDI IWUJI: (As High Evolutionary) My sacred mission is to create the perfect society. MONDELLO: Director James Gunn can keep this sort of thing going indefinitely, which partly explains the film's 2 1/2 hour running time. KLEMENTIEFF: (As Mantis) Black is for orange. KLEMENTIEFF: (As Mantis) Orange is for blue. GILLAN: (As Nebula) Blue is the open line for everyone. PRATT: (As Peter Quill) Blue for the blue suit. KLEMENTIEFF: (As Mantis) What color button did you push? PRATT: (As Peter Quill) But I switched it over to private. KAREN GILLAN: (As Nebula) We were hoping it would stop on its own. PRATT: (As Peter Quill) And you're just telling me now. KLEMENTIEFF: (As Mantis) We're listening to everything you're saying.ĭAVE BAUTISTA: (As Drax) And it is painful. POM KLEMENTIEFF: (As Mantis) Peter, you know this is an open line, right? PRATT: (As Peter Quill) Well, what I'm trying to say. ZOE SALDANA: (As Gamora) I don't think so, Quinn. MONDELLO: Rocket being left on life support lights a fire under our heroes, who have to dig deep into his past as a medical experiment to save him when they're not distracted by their own concerns.ĬHRIS PRATT: (As Peter Quill) Maybe if you open yourself up to it. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, 'GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. Gold-skinned Adam Warlock is here to kidnap Rocket but only manages to mortally wound him before he's sent packing by Drax, Gamora and others. Then something hurtles in and slams him against a wall.

Rocket, who you call a raccoon at your peril, is staring vacantly out a portal. Star-Lord Peter Quill's mooning over the green goddess who was once his girlfriend. The whole gang is there but not wisecracking. 3.'īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: We begin at Guardians headquarters, a deep space critter-littered compound that feels like a junkyard shopping mall.

And sure enough, it opens tonight - 'Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. It's been almost three months since the latest 'Ant-Man' film arrived in theaters, so critic Bob Mondello had a feeling it was time for another Marvel movie.

Guardians of the Galaxy by Dan Abnett