Lets talk about one of the best action films out there casting the best of the best action hero Tom cruise, this tale is a two part movie, it starts off with the story of the antagonist of the movie which is actually an artificial intelligence being which is good since they have actually kept up with the current scenario. They show what this entity is capable of doing and then they cut to the hero who receives a suitcase from the Impossible mission force (IMF).
The suitcase contains a brief of his mission which includes him tracking down Ilsa who was the double agent in the previous movie Mission Impossible Rogue Nation. The entity itself is controlled by a key which is divided into two halves and sources tell that one of the halves is with her and Ethan hunt is on the chase in the middle of the desert in Abu Dhabi to look for her.
Upon reaching the location he realizes that there are bounty hunters who are also after her looking for the key, he obtains the key and realizes it is too strong for any single person to have control of, so he decides to destroy it himself and goes after it with his gang, its soon after that he realizes that all the moves that he has taken was actually predicted and pre planned by the entity and he has to find a way to crack the probability and find a way to destroy the system.
2. CHARACTERS
First lets start off with the protagonist of the show Ethan hunt, he is your typical hero, he is brave and chivalrous, he can handle himself in any kind of tight situations, he knows all kinds of martial arts and considering its played by Tom cruise, he does his own stunts and thats got to be given some credit. Tom is more than 50 years old and he is able to keep with the stunts and does it without being scared of losing his life, just so that he can entertain the viewers. That kind of actors who put their hearts and souls in the acting are hard to find.
Next lets talk about Grace played by Hayley Atwell, she is the new character in the movie and considering this might the last Mission Impossible series she seems like the next protégé to Ethan in continuing the franchise. She is a thief and she doesn't trust anyone apart from herself, they only showed a part of her backstory in this movie, I am assuming the rest of her backstory is going to be portrayed in the next part. She is cunning and betrays Ethan on multiple occasions and the fact that Ethan continues to believe in her abilities is a surprise to me, but there must be a reason for that hopefully explained in the next part.
Moving on, we see Benji Dunn who is the most iconic character in the mission impossible series apart from Tom cruise played by the lovely Simon Pegg is the "Guy behind the chair" character. He is the hilarious member of the gang and handles all the work that is related to hacking and getting Ethan whatever technological aid he requires during his missions, he has also been part of the mission by physically doing some spy work in previous movies which brings a little more of a character development.
Talking of the one of the antagonists in this movie we have white widow played by Vanessa Kirby, she is a rich girl protected by her brother Zola, she is a recurring villain from Mission Impossible fallout, where she did an amazing job of acting and played her role really well, considering the entity is the main antagonist, she is just a side show in this movie but still plays an important role as well as gets played (The irony) by Ethan in a rather hilarious way.
Finally lets talk about Gabriel who is Ethan's old nemesis as well as unfortunately or fortunately based on how you see it, is the human form of the entity, although not much information has been given as to why he is working for the entity, he does an incredible job by staying one step ahead of Ethan and trying to trick everyone around him in such a way that the events to occur is almost exactly predicted by him. He is a cruel man who doesn't mind killing people if he gets what he wants in the end which makes him the perfect antagonist.
3. CINEMATIC APPEAL
The shooting scenes in the movie are like a video game because they are unrealistic and over-the-top. It seems very staged as if Ethan knew where the enemies were coming from before hand. Ethan Hunt is able to shoot down dozens of enemies without being hit themselves. This may be entertaining for some viewers, but it can also make the movie feel less believable and more like a video game. This gives me vibes of all the old movies which had extremely staged fight sequence, although all fight sequences are usually staged but in this case its seems very obvious.
The chase scene in the movie is well written, Ethan Hunt is being chased by his enemies through a crowded city, and he has to use all of his skills and cunning to escape. Especially like in those Jackie chan movies where he uses all of his surroundings to make the best out of the situation. The scenes are also well-shot and edited, which makes it even more engaging. The graphics and animation are great wherever they were included since most of Tom cruises stunts are real it really brings out the creators and the actors love for the movie itself and it is exciting and suspenseful.
The movie is not as good as other Mission Impossible movies because it has fewer cool dialogues and the action sequences are not as interesting. Infact it has a couple of scenes they are no dialogues at all, you see the actors making head signs to each other and you are just staring at their facing expecting something to happen, but this head signing goes on for like 10 seconds just to see a very dud scene, which I felt was a little bummer. This may be because the filmmakers were trying to keep the movie similar to other Mission Impossible movies, but they were not able to achieve the same level of quality.
The music was basic there wasn't much hype, the Mission Impossible theme song was played only a couple of times in the movie which I am not super enthusiastic about, music is a very important aspect of the movie cause thats what makes people more interested and more engaging.
4. PERSONAL OPINION
The beginning of the movie is confusing because it does not provide enough information about the goal of the mission or the details of the plan. This is likely because the movie is part of an old franchise, and the filmmakers assume that the audience is already familiar with the characters and the universe of Mission Impossible movies. However, for viewers who are new to the franchise, the lack of exposition can make it difficult to follow the story. Its not just for viewers who are new, its for people who have watched the previous movies, without the bare minimum context its really difficult for the people to understand the situation.
The fact that Ethan Hunt and his team are fighting an AI that is always one step ahead of them adds to the thrill of the movie. It is good that the franchise is able to explain to the people about the possibility of a rogue AI. The AI is a powerful and dangerous opponent, and it was not clear how Ethan and his team will be able to defeat it. This uncertainty keeps the viewer guessing and makes the movie more exciting.
The fact that it is difficult to understand who is on whose side in the movie adds to the thrill and excitement. The AI is able to manipulate people and make it difficult to know who is trustworthy. A job of a secret agent or a spy which is what we can call Ethan hunt is partially relied on technology apart from his own skills and if the enemy is able to hack into these technologies, then its as if Ethan has lost half is body this great aspect which has been explained this movie. However, it can also be a bit confusing, as the viewer may not be sure which character to root for.
5. CONCLUSION
The final sequence of the movie was well-planned and exciting, and it keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat. The final sequence was the most hype of all the scenes in the movie, its the heroes comeback and it has some extremely edge of the chair moments which is really fun to watch and again since its Tom cruise thinking all the stunts are real and performed by him it just adds to the gravitas of the situation.
Overall, the movie is a mixed bag, I would give this movie a rating of 3/5. It has some exciting action sequences and suspenseful moments, but it is also confusing and lacks the cool dialogues and action sequences of other Mission Impossible movies. The cliffhanger ending leaves the viewer wanting more, but it also means that they have to wait for part 2 to find out how the story ends.
This movie is the continuation of Guardians of the Galaxy volume 2 in the marvel franchise, the movie starts off with the gang having their own little space station/planet called knowhere, with all of them chilling in their own little abode having the time of their lives building their own little community, of all kinds of people. Such that no one ever felt they were out of place or didn't belong there, it was a safe heaven people all over guarded by the gang themselves.
Everything is joyous until things begin to go south, the sovereign and their weapon Adam warlock attacks them and almost kills rocket racoon as part of their revenge plan against their community, at the same time they were also ordered to do so by the High Evolutionary, the antagonist in the movie. The crew not being able to withstand this, they begin to search on how to fix Rocket and that introduces us to his backstory . The movie continuous with them trying to figure out his cybernetics and how to heal him from this injury.
In order to do so each member of the group is tested in their own way and they manage to pull of crazy stunts, and each of the guardians have a very big role to play. All in all the movie shows a detailed version of Rockets backstory as well as does an amazing job at showing how much they all care about each other as well as the star of this movie Rocket racoon.
2. CHARACTERS
Lets start off with the star of this movie, Rocket Racoon himself, whats not to love about him, he is a talking racoon, everybody loves a talking animal in a show. He is the most lovable character after Groot of course, he is funny and seems like the kind of guy who would want a laid back life, but he doesn't really get what he wants. He is the geek of the group he knows too much science, he builds his own weapons and even makes some for his friends. He is intelligent enough to know how to ride a spaceship by himself. He is loved by his mates and all of them deeply love him for who he is and would even die to save his life.
Moving on to Peter Quill aka Star lord, he is the only human in the group, he is from Earth and would have been abducted and raised by a group of space bandits called ravagers when he was kid, so we know what kind of a behavior we can expect from him. For a person who was raised by ravagers he is genuinely a nice guy overall, he is the leader of the group and he knows how to bring the group together.
He always deals with his own issues in the side and after the death of his recent love interest Gamora he would be in this depressed state of mind, but when it comes saving rocket he puts all that behind and focuses on whats important. Although sometimes he messes up stuff trying to do what he feels right, but in the end he manages to fix his mistakes as well.
Next we move on to Gamora she was Peter's girlfriend, I am saying, "was" cause a lot of things happened and she died in the legendary Avengers Infinity war, the Gamora we see now is from an alternate timeline, after the death of the alternate timeline Thanos, Gamora decides to continue to stay in this timeline along with the ravagers. In this movie Gamora gets stuck with the guardians as part of her mission from the ravagers.
She is cold hearted in this movie, she does not hold back when it comes to harming innocent people although thats not how guardians work. She doesn't really care about Peter in this movie on the other hand Peter still wants the new Gamora to like him. Being the badass woman she is, she stomps on his heart several times in the movie, although it seems as if there might be a chance of Peter and Gamora getting back together in the coming movies.
Lets speak about Adam warlock, he is the child of the ruler of sovereign and hence is like the prince of the community, he was synthetically produced and hence he would be like a child in an adults body. He sticks on to his mother like a small baby and cannot really think on his own, he just follows her orders not knowing the consequences of his actions. He is portrayed as too dumb to realize the gravity of the situation as how a just born baby would behave. Although there is hope for him in the future as he begins to see the good side of things.
Finally lets speak about High evolutionary, yes thats his name. As weird as it may sound he is one hell of a character, he is a brilliant scientist gone rogue, he is the person who would be trying to create the perfect society of highly intelligent individuals, in doing so he has to experiment on innocent beings first and use that to build what he wants. He would be the ruthless incarnation of a god who has the ability to create worlds and at the same time destroy them in seconds. As viewers we can see the faults in his ideology which makes him a great antagonist in this movie.
3. CINETMATIC APPEAL
The animation in this particular movie, is of high quality and stands out compared to the animation in other Marvel movies, yes I am talking exclusively about Antman quantumania and Black panther Wakanda forever. The animation contributes positively to the overall viewing experience, it doesn't look like it was made by some third party unlike the other movies, this feels like a good production VFX and graphics, which makes it even more pleasing to watch.
The comedic and entertaining aspects of the movie, notable and appreciable element of the viewing experience. The Guardians of Galaxy series lies on the foundation of humor majorly unlike other marvel movies which just seems to skim through the comedic aspect. Hence the jokes were well written and the execution was phenomenal.
The inclusion of a diverse set of characters, with notable actors and celebrity personas, creates excitement and anticipation for the movie, promising a rich and engaging ensemble cast. As the universe is expanding much like the actual universe, the production is able to bring in more lovable and varied set of cast on to the table. This aspect makes the viewing experience more enjoyable to a wide range of viewers to see their favorite celebrities making an appearance.
This movie contains a decent amount of surprising and unpredictable plot developments, enhancing the narrative's intrigue and engagement for the audience. These twists are not overwhelming although they are unexpected, hence it does play a pretty important role in a viewer's experience in watching it whilst not getting bored of it at the same time.
4. PERSONAL OPINION
The characters Drax and Star-Lord are known for their comedic interactions and humorous personalities, one being a jock who is illogical at times and fails to understand the intricacy of the situation and the leader who is trying to explain the intricate situation to him, Peter gets annoyed at every comment Drax has to offer his point of view on things, this adds an element of entertainment and lightheartedness to the story. Their witty banter and amusing exchanges contribute to the comedic aspects of the movie.
The Guardians are recognized for their humor, its a group of people from different parts of the world who have come together in a team, all of them have had different experiences which leads them to have different perspectives and behaviors, lets be honest here most of them have silly behaviors and sometimes even make extremely cringe jokes but since its a group of aliens that makes it really funny and that adds to their popularity and charm within the group.
Adam Warlock and Cosmo are iconic characters from the Guardians of the Galaxy comics, the introduction of these two new characters into the series makes it that much more interesting and makes sure that the plot doesn't seem repetitive. These two characters are one of the fan favorites and hence most of us who really enjoy the comic do have a smile on our faces when we see them getting perfectly adapted into the movie.
The movie references characters and elements from other Marvel movies like Doctor Strange and Shang-Chi, these are small elements that have been added and done as way to expand the cinematic universe and increase world building as it is called. This adds an exciting layer of Easter eggs or hidden references for fans to discover and enjoy.
I never really enjoyed Gamora's character in the previous movies, it always felt as if she was made to be there just for the sake of being the love interest of Peter, but that wasn't the case this time, her character was presented in a positive light or in a manner that is really pleasing to watch. She has the right amount of sass and the bitchy attitude in her at the same time, not having to think about Peter all the time she is able to make good decisions at times when they are in a pinch.
This movie has darker or more intense elements than typical Marvel movies, adding a level of intensity and horror to the story. I was really surprised to see that in this movie. The deaths in this movie is what makes this movie important in the whole saga, with some deaths comes character development and its extremely vital for the saga to progress.
Groot has grown some more, as in every movie Groot's growth progresses ever so slowly, from the middle aged version to baby version, then teen version and now the young and energetic adult Groot who is reasonable in behavior and to the point in every sense, he is confident and formidable, he has all these tricks up his sleeve which makes him by far the coolest Guardian as well as the coolest Groot version of all times. He can really surprise with the things he can do and makes viewers like myself more excited to see what else does Groot have to offer in the upcoming movies.
The movie evidently includes emotionally touching or heartwarming scenes that contribute to the overall emotional impact and resonance of the story. Its a wholesome movie overall in ever emotion in the movie has been expressed evidently and it has a good flow of the progression. The longer we know the characters, the more impact its gonna have when there is a heartwarming scene and this movie has done an incredible job in bringing that out.
This movie should be praised for giving each character their moment to shine and be featured prominently, creating a well-rounded and satisfying viewing experience for the audience. There are umpteen number of movies where the good characters are never given the right amount of screen time and shine they deserve and hence they end up in the shadows, this movie has given each ever character a great opportunity to shine and prove their prowess which I really liked.
The overall theme of this movie revolves around the fact that the high evolutionary's strong belief and conviction may have unintended consequences or negative outcomes, emphasizing the importance of balanced perspectives. He gets so involved in his own desires that he tends to forget about all the ethical aspects and in turn that leads to bad consequences. Sometimes its good to listen to what other people say about you, even though it might be a bad remark, its better to know it and improve on it rather than falling into an endless pit with no way of coming back.
5. CONCLUSION
The movie apparently concludes on a positive and satisfying note, leaving the viewer with a sense of beauty or fulfillment, wrapping up the story in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
In summary, "Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket's Redemption" is a thrilling addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that deepens our connection to the beloved Guardians. The film's blend of humor, action, and heartfelt moments is complemented by outstanding animation and visual effects, making it stand out within the MCU.
The movie introduces new and iconic characters, like Adam Warlock and Cosmo, providing fresh depth to the story and preventing any sense of repetitiveness. Notably, it delves into darker themes and character development, giving each Guardian their time to shine while emphasizing the importance of balanced perspectives. This is a must-see for Marvel fans, offering a well-rounded, emotionally impactful, and highly entertaining cinematic experience that leaves us eager for more adventures in the ever-expanding Marvel universe.
