the Marvel Cinematic Universe expands into the cosmos when brash space adventurer Peter Quill steals a coveted orb and becomes the object of a relentless bounty hunt. To evade his enemies, Quill forges and uneasy truce with Rocket, a gun-toting raccoon; Groont, a tre-like humanoid; the deadly assassin Gamora; and the revenge-driven Drax. But when Quill discovers true power of the orb, he must rally his ragtag band of misfits for a desperate battle that will decide the fate of the galaxy.