Dinesh Kamath’s column “New movie released in Navi Mumbai’ (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) that was published in Newsband

New movie released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by James Gunn and stars an ensemble cast featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the Guardians travel throughout the cosmos as they help Peter Quill learn more about his true parentage.

Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand. Collapse

The film has Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord: The half-human, half-Celestial leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy who was abducted from Earth as a child and raised by a group of alien thieves and smugglers called the Ravagers. Wyatt Oleff once again portrays a young Quill. Zoe Saldana as Gamora: A member of the Guardians and an orphan from an alien world who seeks redemption for her past crimes. She was trained by Thanos to be his personal assassin.Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer: A member of the Guardians and highly skilled warrior in search for vengeance against Thanos for his family's slaughter. Vin Diesel as the voice of Baby Groot: A member of the Guardians who is a tree-like humanoid and the accomplice of Rocket. Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket: A member of the Guardians who is a genetically engineered raccoon-based bounty hunter and mercenary who is also a master of weapons and military tactics. Michael Rooker as Yondu Udonta: A blue-skinned buccaneer who is the leader of the Ravagers, a fatherly figure to Quill and member of the Guardians. Yondu has a larger head fin in the film, bringing the character's look closer to his comic counterpart. Karen Gillan as Nebula: An adopted daughter of Thanos who was raised with Gamora as siblings, and a reluctant member of the Guardians.

Pom Klementieff as Mantis: A member of the Guardians with empathic powers who was raised by Ego. Elizabeth Debicki as Ayesha: The golden High Priestess and the leader of the Sovereign people. Chris Sullivan as Taserface:

The leader of a mutinous group of the Ravager. Sean Gunn as Kraglin: Yondu's second-in-command in the Ravagers. Sylvester Stallone as Stakar Ogord: A high-ranking Ravager who has a history with Yondu, also known as Starhawk. Kurt Russell as Ego: A Celestial, an ancient and mysterious cosmic being who is Quill's father and raised Mantis. Additionally, Laura Haddock returns from the first film as Meredith Quill, as does Gregg Henry as her father, Seth Green as the voice of Howard the Duck, and canine actor Fred as Cosmo. Members of Yondu's Ravager crew appearing in the film include Evan Jones as Wrench, Jimmy Urine as Half-Nut, Stephen Blackehart as Brahl, Steve Agee as Gef, Mike Escamilla as Scrote, Joe Fria as Oblo, Terence Rosemore as Narblik, and Tommy Flanagan as Tullk. The other members of Stakar and Yondu's old team, based on the comic's original incarnation of the Guardians of the Galaxy, include Michael Rosenbaum as Martinex T'Naga, Ving Rhames as Charlie-27, and Michelle Yeoh as Stakar's female counterpart Aleta Ogord / Starhawk. Also included in the team are the CG characters Krugarr and Mainframe, with the latter voiced, in an uncredited cameo, by Miley Cyrus. Gunn cast Yeoh because of his love of 1990s Hong Kong films, and Cyrus after admiring "the tone of her voice" while watching her as a judge on The Voice. David Hasselhoff makes a cameo appearance as himself, in addition to contributing to the film's soundtrack, while Rob Zombie once again has a voice cameo. Stan Lee appears as an astronaut talking to some Watchers, discussing previous adventures that include Lee's cameos in other MCU films. Jeff Goldblum briefly appears during the credits as the Grandmaster, ahead of a much larger role in Thor: Ragnarok.