After a devastating attack at their new headquarters leaves the life of Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) hanging in the balance, Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) must rally the team for their most personal mission yet. Responsible for the attack is a terrifying adversary known as the High Evolutionary (Chukwudi Iwuji), whose plan to remake entire civilisations to his own design has ties to Rocket’s painful origins. The Guardians’ quest to save their friend leads them to team up once again with an alternate reality version of Gamora (Zoë Saldaña), who has no memory of their time together.

Before jumping ship to reboot the DC universe, writer-director James Gunn sticks the landing with the final entry in his trilogy. Tear-jerking and heart-warming in equal measure, this is a terrifically entertaining and dramatically satisfying send-off for everyone’s favourite band of intergalactic misfits.