Lots of CGI and Action

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2014)

On the same night his mother dies a young boy named "Peter Quill" (Chris Pratt) is abducted by an alien UFO. Several years later he becomes a thief working for an alien by the name of "Yondu Udonta" (Michael Rooker). However, when he steals a valuable piece of merchandise known as an "infinity stone" that Yondu had his sights set on he soon finds that he has a price put on his head. But bounty hunters aren't the only ones looking for him as a savage warlord also wants the infinity stone and sends a beautiful assassin named "Gamora" (Zoe Saldana) to bring it to him. Anyway, rather than reveal any more of the movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it, I will just say that fans of CGI and action will probably love this particular picture as it has lots of both. Unfortunately, other than perhaps the presence of the aforementioned Michael Rooker and Zoe Saldana, I honestly didn't consider this movie to be as good as the marketing and hype surrounding it. The humor wasn't that sharp, the overall plot was rather predictable and neither the CGI nor the action managed to maintain my interest that much. Accordingly, I rate it as slightly below average.