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 In "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," space heroes Peter
Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket and Groot find themselves pursued by
a villain and once again are given the task of saving the
universe.
They are joined along the way by Gamora's petulant sister
Nebula, space pirate Yondu and Mantis, an empathic alien. The
film is scheduled to open in theaters on May 5.
"This is a million-piece puzzle and when you sit back and see
the mosaic put together you get this one incredibly even, fully
executed idea," Chris Pratt, who plays Peter Quill, said at the
red carpet premiere on Wednesday.
"It's brilliant, great music, it's super funny, dramatic and
it's got great emotion and relationships, it's stunning," he
said.
Sylvester Stallone, who makes an appearance as Stakar Ogord
leader of the space pirates known as "ravagers," said action
films "are modern mythology when it's done right."
"The kind of action films I've done are sort of more mano-a-mano
... now they've developed this Marvel universe Guardians that
have a heart, that has a lot of emotion to it, that takes it
another step further," he said, using the Spanish phrase for
"hand to hand" combat that has come to be associated with any
kind of competition between two people.
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"It's kind of a cross between 'Rocky' (and) 'Rambo' in space," he
added.
The sequel follows 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy," which smashed
summer box office records and ushered in a new cadre of edgy heroes
in the Marvel cinematic universe.
"I made a movie about outcasts for outcasts and it's very touching
for me that people all over the world, whether here or in Japan or
in Russia or in England have been touched by the movie,"
writer-director James Gunn said.
Gunn will write and direct the third "Guardians" film, due for
release in 2020.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross for Reuters TV; Writing by Piya Sinha-Roy;
Editing by Andrew Hay)
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