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Rating: 7/10 (15 August 2017)

I am not much of a fan of the superhero genre or Marvel movies in general, but I actually think that the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie from 2014 was the best of all Marvel movies so far. So I needed little convincing in order to go to watch "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2".
I will say that "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" was every bit as enjoyable and entertaining as its predecessor. And I don't understand why so many people have been mouthing complaints about the sequel. In my opinion it was every bit as good and right in the same alley as the first movie.
The CGI in the movie was fantastic, as it usually is in all of Marvel's movies actually. And having good CGI effects and visuals is rather important for a movie such as "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2". I like how the effects were every bit as fast paced as the actual movie turned out to be.
I found the storyline in "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" to be entertaining and enjoyable. Sure, it was a little bit more out there in comparison to the first movie. But come on, this is a movie set in a galactic setting with alien creatures, spacecrafts and what have you not. And furthermore, it is set in the Marvel universe, so what do you expect if nothing other than getting a story blown out of proportions as all other Marvel stories essentially are.
Just as in the first movie, then the cast ensemble for the sequel was quite good. It was nice to see the return of the cast members from the first movie. Just as it was nice to welcome new ones. But we also depart with some in this movie, which I hadn't expected. It wasn't a bad thing, but it just was somewhat of a surprise to me. But then again, I haven't read a single page of the comic books. Personally I must say that I was very pleased with the introduction of Mantis (played by Pom Klementieff), as this was a very interesting character and the presentation of the character was quite good in terms of effects and wardrobe.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" has a myriad of impressive cameo appearances, some more obvious than others, among which I found Sylvester Stallone, Michelle Yeoh, David Hasselhoff, Ving Rhames and Stan Lee (of course). I looked up the cast list afterwards and saw that there were even more cameos such as Seth Green, Rob Zombie, Miley Cyrus and Jeff Goldblum.
If you enjoyed the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie then you will definitely also enjoy the sequel. If you haven't seen the first one, then you can still sit down to watch the sequel, as there is nothing overly important from the first movie to the storyline of the sequel.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" scores a solid 7 out of 10 stars from me. And I am looking forward to seeing the next movie in the series.