Gunn has delivered a movie that perfectly synthesizes the sensibilities of all those aforementioned movies into one cohesive, tonally spot-on and depraved entertainment machine.
But it’s in the execution that Gunn really makes his mark, delivering set-piece after set-piece of sensationally stylish ultra-violence, my favourites being an attack at a military camp and a flowery Harley Quinn action sequence, all contained within an absurdly funny and admirably nihilistic superhero movie.
But fear not, for this one’s perfect for family viewing and ticks all the boxes that one would expect from a good Disney production.