Action packed and very funny in places

Rating: 8/10 (6 August 2016)

Guardians of the Galaxy is the second of 2014's Marvel action/superhero movies, the first being Captain America: The Winter Soldier. I really enjoyed it a lot more that I originally thought I would, considering the strange subject matter featuring a talking raccoon and a tree.
The story focuses around Peter Quill/Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), whom 26 years after being abducted from Earth, is thrown right into the middle of a conflict involving the possession of an orb which is being sought after by Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), a dangerous extraterrestrial supervillain. During this, Peter is forced to form an alliance with a group of alien misfits in order to prevent the orb from falling into Ronan's hands. The misfits are Gamora (Zoe Saldana), a green-skinned orphan woman, Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), a genetically engineered talking raccoon, Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) a tree-like humanoid and Drax The Destroyer (Dave Bautista (Batista) a butch warrior seeking vengeance against Ronan for murdering his family.
The film started off kind of strange but it became better from the second act onwards. It was action packed and very funny in places. I particularly enjoyed the talking raccoon Rocket and his wisecracks. I would love to see him and Tony Stark having an argument in a future Avengers film. The soundtrack was excellent as well, filled with classic rock songs from the 70s and 80s.
I rate it 8/10. Like with just about all of their films, there is one post-credits scene to stay back for.