The Losers in space.

Rating: 10/10 (3 August 2014)

Although this film has been expected in the comic/sci-fi community for a while it has kind of snuck up on the rest of us - so I went into this with only a vague notion of what to expect - mostly based on the previous Marvel offerings, Avengers, Thor etc.
While this film certainly contains elements of the previous Marvel films, i.e the propensity for Bayesque bombastic CGI, pummelling your senses into submission with no real purpose or reason this film sets itself apart from the typical blockbuster fare with its well rendered sci-fi environments, characters and concepts.
Although this film is ostensibly 2010's The Losers in space (complete with 70's rock/Motown soundtrack and Zoe Saldana – not complaining!), it offers a lot more than the superhero movies that went before, and stands on its own as a great sci-fi film.