Marvel's The Empire Strikes Back.

Rating: 10/10 (25 April 2017)

***MAJOR Spoilers Ahead Regarding The Film's Story***
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is one of the MCU's most important chapters: the most important since Captain America: Civil War. The galaxy is at a tipping point since the Guardians saved Xandar from Ronan the Accuser, and in THIS chapter Peter Jason 'StarLord' Quill finds out who his father is: 'Ego: The Living Planet'. Just like with The Empire Strikes Back, the themes of family and chaos and darkness affecting the world are very prominent ones playing throughout the film's story.
Guardians of the Galaxy is probably Marvel's most insane franchise yet: James Gunn's zaniness is unsurpassed yet he loves taking years-old characters and changing parts of their backstory and chemistry. Peter finds out that Ego the living planet has been 'planting seeds' across the universe both in the form of ACTUAL seeds and impregnating several beings across the universe. Unfortunately, Ego is the villain of the film. He wants to cleanse the universe of everything but himself. And he wants his 'pure' son to be the one to realise his vision once and for all. Only one problem though: Ego killed Peter's mother, by planting a tumour in her head resulting in her death at the start of the first movie. And Peter decides that his own father is a threat to the universe and must stop him. During the final act, StarLord gets the help of Yondu Udonta and Rocket, Drax, Gamora, Groot Mantis and even Nebula to help take him down during the film's ambitious (though overstuffed) finale.
I give Gunn extra points for the fantastic send-off he gave Yondu. The Star Trek echoes are obvious but I really liked the emotional nods to The Wrath of Khan.
I liked how Guardians Volume 2 took the stagnant 'Marvel villain' formula and decided to freshen it up a bit by making the villain have an already pre-established effect on the world of the film. And Ego is no Ultron here; no, he's one that has direct importance to StarLord being his father and all. But the revelation that Peter was basically a tool to realise his father's plan reflects the baddie's actual impact on this film alone.
So, all in all, Guardians Vol. 2 is definitely worth a trip to the cinema.
I give Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 10/10.
Oh: by the way, The Watcher is in this movie! Could it be that The Fantastic Four is back at Disney already? I REALLY hope so!