Guardians (2017)

Original title

Защитники

Directed by

Sarik Andreasyan

Genre

fantasy film, action film, science fiction film, adventure film, superhero film, dystopian film

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

14

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 820 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of Soviet superheroes created during the Cold War must unite to defend their country. Each hero has powers based on the strengths and traditions of different Soviet nationalities.

fast-pacedaction-heavycampypatrioticformulaicdatedunintentionally funnylighthearted

What happens

Guardians (Russian: Защитники, romanized: Zashchitniki) is a 2017 Russian superhero film directed by Russian-Armenian filmmaker Sarik Andreasyan and starring Sebastien Sisak, Anton Pampushnyy, Sanzhar Madiyev, Alina Lanina, Valeriya Shkirando and Stanislav Shirin. The film tells the story of a team of Soviet superheroes created during the Cold War. The team includes representatives of the different nationalities of the USSR. Each of the protagonists' superpowers reflect the strengths and traditions of the people of the USSR. Guardians was met with strongly negative critical reception in Russian media, with many considering it to be one of the worst films ever made. It debuted atop the Russian box office; however, its gross quickly dropped, and Guardians is believed to be a box office bomb, narrowly recovered due to international viewership. The film was released in the United States with an English dub by Shout! Factory on 5 December 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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