Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2
Rating 7 out of 10
I don't think there is a movie this year I was more excited about than this one. I also tried to not set the bar too high. That is difficult as the original Guardians is in my top five movies of all time. If not top three. So the chances this one could live up to the original was slim. Volume 2 is good although not nearly as good as the first. : <
This movie takes up a few years after the last one. The Guardians are hiring themselves out to other planets to take care of bad guys or monsters. It begins with a long mostly funny battle with a huge octopus looking alien with huge rows of teeth that has come to a planet to steal their battery power.
Most of the story centralizes around Peter finally finding his father. Ego (played by the always great Kurt Russell) is a being that fell in love with Peters mother and when she died hired Yondu to bring young Pete to him.
There are a couple other side plots but mostly I can't elaborate without giving spoilers. My biggest problem with Volume 2 is it's way more slapstick than the first one. You never feel there is even a chance the hero's will not come out on top. The battles are too jokey. For me it was almost like a parody of the first one.
Still I was entertained. Love the characters. Look forward to Volume 3.
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