Too violent for PG13

Rating: 3/10 (8 May 2017)

I wanted to love this film and there is a lot to like about it. Unfortunately, it is far too violent for a pg13 rating. It should have been rated R.
As a responsible parent (father of three) I had to do a lot of explaining on our way home. My youngest (9) asked: Why crew members were floating in space without spacesuits? Why billions of people were being killed by the celestial blob? "Are they going to come back to life when the bad guy gets killed Daddy? No, honey they are all dead now. All those people would be dead if that really happened. Oh... This is a stupid movie Dad can we go home?"
On the way home I got a barrage of questions about why Ego was trying to kill everyone in the whole universe and why Yondu killed himself on purpose when he could have signaled the ship just like Starlord did to save Gamora in the first movie. Why did Yondu kill everyone on his ship? Weren't they his crew and friends? (I had to explain mutiny.)
My 14 year old boy loved most of the movie but even he thought it was too violent for a PG13 rating. "Yeah, they screwed up with the ratings. but most of it was cool." We all thought baby Groot was cool. After the credits rolled, I mentioned to my son that his room looked a lot like teenage Groot's room; he mumbled "I guess I am Groot."
There are some very funny scenes and some profound messages about relationships in the film. Like I said, I wanted to love this movie.
All in all we can't recommend GotGv2 because it is just too violent.