Guardians (2017)

During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.

Director:

Sarik Andreasyan

Writers:

Andrey Gavrilov (screenplay), Sarik Andreasyan (story)

Stars:

Anton Pampushnyy, Sanjar Madi, Sebastien Sisak

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anton Pampushnyy	...	Arsus
Sanjar Madi	...	Khan (as Sanzhar Madi)
Sebastien Sisak	...	Ler (as Sebastyan Sisak Grigoryan)
Alina Lanina	...	Kseniya
Valeriya Shkirando	...	Mayor Elena Larina
Vyacheslav Razbegaev	...	General-mayor Nikolay Dolgov
Stanislav Shirin	...	Avgust Kuratov
Aleksandr Komissarov	...	Viktor Dobronravov
Nikolay Shestak	...	Fyodor
Elizaveta Polyakova
Viktor Mishchenchuk
Polina Polyakova
Yuriy Pilyugin
Svetlana Tulskaya
Andrey Bobrov

Storyline

During the Cold War, an organization called "Patriot" created a super-hero squad, which includes members of multiple Soviet republics. For years, the heroes had to hide their identities, but in hard times they must show themselves again.

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Plot Keywords:

villain | superhero team | supernatural power | non comic book superhero | murder | 

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Taglines:

Otryad sovetskikh supergeroev (Squad of Soviet Superheroes)

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie has some parallels with various Marvel characters. Arsus being a scientist, changing into a large powerhouse, (whos pants somehow dont rip unless in full bear mode) is like Hulk. Kahn moves at the speeds of Quicksilver. When Ler covered his body in rocks he resembled The Thing. And Kseniya has a power set close to the Invisible Woman. Patriot is similar to S.H.I.E.L.D.

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Goofs

During their first fight Ler goes down and you see him take his headset off. A moment later he lifts his head before Kuratov picks him up and the headset is back.

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Crazy Credits

In mid-credits scene, Yelena is transported in a back of a truck by two soldiers. When they open the door, she attacks them, killing one and subduing the other, who, when asked who sent them, says: "Ferrum".

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Alternate Versions

When the film was originally released in Germany, the dubbing was highly criticized for adding lowbrow humor. To rectify this, distributor Capelight ordered a new dubbing (which reflected the original tone of the movie) and the film was re-released (with both dubbings) on Blu-ray/DVD.

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Connections

Spoofed in Zashchiniki ili gey porno? (2017)

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Soundtracks

Sumasshedshiy russkiy
("Crazy Russian")
Written by Aleksandr Stepanov
Performed by Elena Temnikova (as Temnikova) & Aleksandr Stepanov (as ST)

User Reviews

User rating very harsh, there is a lot worse with a better score

Having come across the trailer 'Guardian' on the Internet, initially I was fooled into thinking it was one for the Galaxy sequel (the action scenes looked impressive), but to my surprise it was an apparent Russian blockbuster, but an even bigger surprise is the rating. Yes, the script is rushed, and the story is basic, heck some will argue it's a Russian 'Galaxy' but it's not as bad as the score suggests, it's a shame people have jumped on the bandwagon in helping the movie look worse than it is.

All major movie making countries are trying to make their own superhero films and they all have the same clichés and silly stories (including Hollywood) it just may be a little worse here. It deserves an average 5 just for some impressive action sequences though, on that front it's the best 5 million dollars you will ever see spent on an action film, it looks like a very impressive blockbuster and puts some Hollywood ones to shame in that respect, so hope people can view this as the popcorn film it's meant to be, and the unfair score improves.

Don't get me wrong there is a lot bad in terms of writing etc, but as an action movie it's watchable, maybe if only once so 3+ is an insult, 5-6 is a disappointing score for such a film but more realistic all the same, definitely better than The Asylum movies and even some of those currently they have a higher score and they have nothing going for them, at least the Guardians boasts some decent effects.

Don't go by the rating make your own choice.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Instagram [Russia] Official site [Japan]

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

23 February 2017 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Guardians

Box Office

Budget:

RUR380,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$9,765,483

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Cinema House, Enjoy Movies, Renovatio Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color