STACK Aug #154

DVD&BD REVIEWS

visit stack.com.au

Anyone can save the galaxy once. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL.2

Release Date: 23/08/17 Format:

TOP HITS

EXTRAS

BD ONLY

The Making Of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Visionary Intro Guardians Inferno Music Video Gag Reel

Get the STACK Magazine app for more digital content

Four Deleted Scenes Audio Commentary

The Guardians of the Galaxy are back to save the universe with a new Awesome Mix tape to accompany their badass space battles. Vol. 2 finds Peter Quill/ Star Lord struggling with the true identity of his father, while Gamora and Nebula must come to terms with how Thanos treated them. There’s more on Yondu’s journey into the Ravagers, too, and Groot makes his way

JB HI-FI EXCLUSIVE

Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbook

through the terrible twos. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 excels not only in the emphasis it puts on relationships and family, but also character development. Drax, in particular, has come a long way in his perception of emotions, and the impossibly cute Baby Groot predictably steals the show. Throw in a slew of pop culture references – from Cheers and Pac-Man to The

Hoff – and Kurt Russell as Star Lord’s old man (genius casting), and you’ve got a sequel that’s as much fun as the original game-changer. With its winning combination of casting, characters and creativity, GotG V2 does what all good sequels should – give us more of what we loved the first time round and throw in a big surprise or two on top of that. We are Groot! AK (See page 38)

FURTHER VIEWING

Guardians of the Galaxy

Beaches ain’t ready. BAYWATCH

Release Date: 30/08/17

TOP HITS

Format:

EXTRAS

DVD & BD

Meet the Lifeguards Deleted and Extended Scenes Stunts and Training Continuing the Legacy

Get the STACK Magazine app for more digital content

DID YOU KNOW...

To avoid confusion, Pamela Anderson cameos as CJ Parker (after originally declining to appear) and Kelly Rohrbach’s character plays her daughter, who shares the same name. Zac Efron gave Dwayne Johnson all the names to call him in the movie, like One Direction and Bieber. Zac Efron’s character Matt Brody was rumoured to be based on disgraced Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte.

Chronicling the adventures of a bunch of LA lifeguards, both on and off the beach, Baywatch was one of the most watched TV series in the world during the ‘90s. The fact it was a feast of beefcake and bikini babes might have had something to do with it, so the movie upsizes the bare flesh and jiggling cleavage accordingly. The Hoff and Pammy’s boogie boards and red swimwear are inherited by the dependable Dwayne Johnson,

weapons; a dick joke in a morgue isn’t nearly as disturbing as the later sight of Efron undercover in drag; and the climax is literally explosive. Baywatch lampoons the series’ stereotypes in a tongue-in-cheek comedy caper that works on a lowbrow level, thanks largely to the combined charisma of Johnson and Efron. Oh, and watch out for some inevitable cameos. SH

Alexandra Daddario (those eyes!) and Zac Efron (those abs!), who set out to bust a local drug syndicate after corpses and bags of meth begin washing up on the beach. Some of the set pieces are inspired – an absurd fight in a nursery results in a SpongeBob mobile, baby’s bottle and nappy disposal being used as makeshift

FURTHER VIEWING

CHIPS

044

AUGUST 2017

jbhifi.com.au

st154_044_REVIEWS_TOPHITS_02.indd 1

21/7/17 2:00 pm