Daddy Issues

Rating: 8/10 (5 May 2017)

I saw "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2", starring Chris Pratt-Passengers, Jennifer's Body; Zoe Saldana-Columbiana, The Terminal; Dave Bautista- Spectre, Riddick; Kurt Russell-the Fast & the Furious movies, Vanilla Sky; the voice of Bradley Cooper-War Dogs, The Midnight Meat Train and the voice of Vin Diesel-the Fast & the Furious movies, The Pacifier.
This is a sequel to the 2014 comic book movie of the same name-except for the Vol. 2 part-and it carries on in fine form; In fact, I think it's better than the first one-And I really liked the original. It's directed by the same director as the first one, James Gunn and I guess the theme here is Daddy Issues. Chris/Peter Quill/Star-Lord finds out about his biological father, Kurt/Ego-FYI: Any comic book nerds, like myself, will know about the celestial Ego. Zoe/Gamora and her sister both have issues with their father, Thanos, who does not make an appearance here, but he is talked about quite often. Of course, Dave/Drax is hilarious in his interpretation of situations and Bradley/Rocket & Vin/Baby Groot are as delightful to watch as always. I enjoyed the music; still full of familiar classic rock songs and this movie is just filled with cameos-I'll only give you one here, Sylvester Stallone and no, there is not a Tango & Cash reunion. Some of the cameos you will spot right away but I always read the end credits and I saw some that you might miss-some are in group scenes and some just do voices. Stan Lee makes his usual cameo, not once, but twice and Oh yeah, the end credits has 5 scenes! 4 during the end credits and 1 at the very end, so make sure you stay for all of them. It's rated "PG-13" for sci-fi action and violence, language and sexual situations-no nudity-and has a running time of 2 hours & 16 minutes. I definitely enjoyed this one and I would buy it on Blu-Ray.