Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy James Gunn Guardians Of The Galaxy is officially the biggest movie of the summer at the American box office. Over the weekend, it claimed back the No. 1 spot from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and, with more than US$251 million (S$313 million) collected, eclipsed Transformers: Age Of Extinction in total earnings. Not bad for a ragtag bunch of intergalactic misfits comprising abducted-by-aliens-as-a-child Peter Quill (Chris Pratt, left), green-skinned assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana, far left), grieving warrior Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), tree-like humanoid Groot (Vin Diesel) and genetically engineered raccoon Rocket (Bradley Cooper). The MacGuffin here is a powerful orb that everyone is after though the busy story gets rather complicated and overblown after a while. What keeps the enterprise afloat are the flashes of humour, Pratt’s goofy charm and a cannily retro soundtrack – Awesome Mix Vol. 1 is the first soundtrack with no new songs to top the Billboard chart.
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