The Guardians of Justice
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The Guardians of Justice
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A Lot or a Little?
The parents' guide to what's in this TV show.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Guardians of Justice is a hybrid live-action/animated series about a group of superheroes led by Knight Hawk (Diamond Dallas Page). Violence is an issue in both formats and is as brutal in the live-action segments as in the animated ones, with combat, guns, bombs, explosions, and dead, rotting bodies. A main character appears to die by suicide during a televised broadcast. Language is mature, too, with uses of "f--k," "s--t," "t-tties," and more; characters also discuss sex and make crude references. A fictional street drug is discussed, and a character smokes a cigar.
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What's the Story?
Set in an alternate timeline, Nazis were defeated in a WWIII that included robot fighters. When WWIII hero and leader of the Guardians of Justice, Marvelous Man, dies by an apparent suicide on national television, the world is thrown into turmoil. The remaining Guardians include Knight Hawk, Awesome Man, Blue Scream, Golden Goddess, The Speed, Black Bow, and King Tsunami. With Knight Hawk (Diamond Dallas Page) as the new ersatz leader of this ragtag crew, the Guardians must decide how to move forward. In the meantime, Marvelous Man's widow, (played by Denise Richards, ___), believes that his death wasn't suicide, but murder.
Is It Any Good?
This ambitious but generally unpleasant hybrid show feels simultaneously like a Watchmen rip-off, a bad Ralph Bakshi animation, and a series of skippable video game cutscenes. The frequent jumps between genres and visual styles that appear to be this show's signature are simply unwarranted and end up adding much less than creator Shankar thinks. In a media landscape already packed with superheroes, antiheroes, and beyond, this show asks a lot in its rapid-fire introductions of many new characters. The lazy comedy relies on "soo random" events and situations (cyborg T-rexes loose in Syria! Awsome Man is eating a taco during a meeting! His name is Awsome Man! Andy Milonakis is there!) With more care, creativity, and camp, and a little less chaos this series could rise to become an interesting entry into the scuzzy superhero genre. And even more unfortunately for Guardians, there's a competing series that does all this and more: it's called Peacemaker.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about violence. Do you think there could be a superhero story without it? Why or why not?
What is satire? Do you think this show succeeds at satirizing superheroes? Do other shows or movies you've seen do it differently? More or less successfully?
TV Details
- Premiere date: March 1, 2022
- Cast: Andy Milonakis, Jane Seymour, RJ Mitte
- Network: Netflix
- Genre: Action
- Topics: Superheroes
- TV rating: TV-MA
- Last updated: March 8, 2022
Our Editors Recommend
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Peacemaker
Action comedy is raunchy, violent, profane, and hilarious.
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Thor: Ragnarok
Funniest Thor movie has tons of style, plenty of violence.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Lots of laughs, thrills, tunes in slightly lesser sequel.
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