He also created an army of clones of himself, and sets out to prove to the world that he is a genius. This gives him the power to generate electricity and control machines. He rebuilds his damaged body making himself into a cyborg. When the military is summoned to arrest him, he bombs the Patriot laboratory, surviving because he was covered with some chemicals. This prompts Professor August Kuratov (Stanislav Shirin), creator of Module-1, to flee to the remote wilderness, away from Soviet authorities, to continue working on his experiments. The program succeeds where a second program called Module-1 fails. Finally, Xenia can become invisible under water. Lernik, codenamed Ler, has the ability to control earth and stone. Temirkhan, codenamed Khan, has super-speed and wields a pair of curved swords. Arseniy, codenamed Arsus, can change into a huge, incredibly strong bear-man. The team includes representatives of the different nationalities of the Soviet Union. ( October 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring the Cold War, a secret organization known as "Patriot" gathers a team of Soviet superheroes, altering and augmenting the DNA of many selected individuals throughout the former state's territory, in order to defend the motherland from superhuman threats. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. The film was released in the United States with an English dub by Shout! Factory on 5 December 2017. It debuted atop the Russian box office, however its gross quickly dropped, and Guardians is believed to be a box office bomb. Guardians was met with strongly negative critical reception in Russian media, with many considering it to be one of the worst films ever made. Each of the protagonists' superpowers reflect the strengths and traditions of the people of the USSR. The team includes representatives of the different nationalities of the USSR.
The film tells the story of a team of Soviet superheroes created during the Cold War. Guardians ( Russian: Защитники, romanized: Zaschitniki or Zashchitniki) is a 2017 Russian superhero film directed by Russian-Armenian filmmaker Sarik Andreasyan and starring Sebastien Sisak, Anton Pampushnyy, Sanzhar Madiyev, Alina Lanina, Valeriya Shkirando and Stanislav Shirin.