Here's Russia's version of the Avengers (including a bear with a machine gun because why not)

Ever since Marvel's Avengers assembled back in 2012 every major studio has been trying to follow in their footsteps and get their own superheroes togeth🌊er, and now Russia is getting in on the act. The new trailer for Guardians (or Zaschitniki in Russian) - which sees a group of Soviet superheroes unite to protect their homeland from a supernatural threat - landed online thi⛦s week and it features, among other things, a bear-man wielding a machine gun.

Check out the craziness below...

The footage also includes a generous look at various cool-looking action sequenc꧃es, and some dubbing which leaves much to be desired. All 𒉰in all, while Guardians probably won't be anything too groundbreaking for the superhero genre I imagine any film which has a bear-man wielding a machine gun will be at least a little bit fun to watch. 

Directed by Sarik Andreasyan and starring Sebastie🐭n Sisak, Anton Pampuchniy, Sanzhar Madiev, Alina Lanina, Valeria Shkirandღo, and Stanislav Shirin, Guardians arrives in cinemas on February 23, 2017.

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Amon is a contributing editor and columnist for Empire magazine, but is also a Film and TV writer for GamesRadar+, Total Film, and others. He has also written for NME, Composer Mag, and more, along with being a film critic for TalkSport. He is also the co-host of the Fa🐲de to Black Podcast, and a video mashup creator. Can also do a pretty good Bane impersonation.