This is a worthy addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2017)

THEY'RE BACK WITH TEN TIMES THE VISUAL SPLENDOR, TEN TIMES THE ACTION, AND TEN TIMES THE FUN A Movie review by: Jake Werling (may contain spoilers)
Statistics: Release: May 5th, 2017, Runtime: 2 h and 16 min, Genre: Sci-fi/adventure/action, Studio: Marvel studios/Walt Disney pictures, Directed by: James Gunn, Starring: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Coper, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Kurt Russell, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klmentieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, and Sean Gunn. Rated PG-13 for Sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language, and brief suggestive content.
Back in the Summer of 2014, the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie surprised both audiences and critics alike, At the time, the movie was probably based-off of the least known Marvel comic book. It wasn't a comic that a random person would instantly recognize like Spider-Man or Iron Man. but the film surprisingly picked up two Oscar nominations and pleased both critics, Marvel junkies, and plain audiences alike. But this new sequel has all of the visual craziness, infectious cast antics, irreverent humor, and old seventies music that the first had and maybe even delvers a little more. This new story follows the music-loving mask wearing former thief Peter Quill a.k.a. Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), the green skinned daughter of Thanos and former assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana), the foul-mouthed mechanics genius raccoon-like creature Rocket (voice of Bradley Cooper), the tattooed lunatic who cannot understand metaphors Drax (Dave Bautista), and the vocabulary-limited tree mutant who is currently regrowing Baby Groot (voice of Vin Diesel) as they continue their adventures. But a brief encounter with Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), the leader of the gold-skinned alien race the Sovereigns leads the mot start looking for the truth behind Peter's true parentage. Along the way they encounter Gamora's cyborg half-sister Nebula (Karen Gillan) who is seemingly hellbent on killing Gamora but has other motivations as well, the blue arrow wielding leader of the pirate gang the ravagers Yondu (Michael Rooker) and his Ravager accomplice Kraglin (Sean Gunn), and the mysterious but wacky living planet Ego (Kurt Russell), a god-like figure who claims to be Peter's father and his antenna-harboring empathetic naive servant Mantis (Pom Klementieff). This sequel keeps it up with both insane special effects with the spaceship warping scenes and space dogfights clearly showing that, crazy makeup (almost every character has some on especially Gamora and Nebula), beautiful cinematography with Ego's planet being a source of great beauty. Villains also appear as well, with the Ravagers new oddly-named heavily bearded leader Taserface (Chris Sullivan) and his new more elite version of the Ravagers being a source of great problem for the Guardians and the Sovereigns also want them dead too after Rocket offends them in a big way. Dark secrets surrounding Star-Lord's parents are also revealed. This film also has plenty of irreverent humor with jokes about Drax having famously huge turds and Baby Groot setting up speakers while all the other Guardians are fighting a intergalactic monster. An awesome seventies soundtrack also follows as the movie is set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape Vol. 2. The same old cast and all of the new additions also burst with chemistry with all the members being well-chosen. All of these features overcome the mild villain problem this movie harbors with slight timing problems being produced when the main villain comes along. Overall, this sequel will plead audiences and Marvel junkies alike, is a worthy addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and is worth checking out.