Guardians
2017 · Movie · Not Rated · 89 min · ★ 5.0 · 38% critics
A secret Cold War program creates a team of superpowered people drawn from across the Soviet republics. Forced to stay hidden for years, they’re brought back together when a new threat puts their country in danger, pushing them to step into the open and fight as a unit again.
Also known as Guardians the Superheroes · Defenders · The Guardians · The Defenders
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Details
- Original title
- Защитники
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-02-14
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.0/10 (815 votes)
- Box office
- $12,300,000
About
If you want a straightforward, effects-heavy superhero team-up with a different setting, this can be a fun pick, especially if you’ve tried Mafia: Survival Game; Not for you if you need sharp writing, deep characters, or originality.
Pros: big-scale action; strong effects for budget; fun creature powers | Cons: thin story; clunky dialogue; little character depth
Themes
- cold war
- superhero
- superhero team
- soviet politics
- independent film
Cast & crew
Anton Pampushnyy
as Arseniy / Arsus
Sanzhar Madi
as Temirkhan / Khan
Sebastien Sisak
as Ler / Lernik
Alina Lanina
as Kseniya
Valeriya Shkirando
as Maj. Elena Larina
Vyacheslav Razbegaev
as Gen. Nikolay Dolgov
Nikolay Shestak
as Fedor
Vladimir Butenko
as S.W.A.T
Stanislav Shirin
as Avgust Kuratov
Aleksandr Semyonov
Directed by Sarik Andreasyan