Falls short of the standards set by the first film

Rating: 6/10 (1 September 2017)

It's hard to go into the details without spoilers but these are the primary reasons I didn't enjoy it as much: - it lost its sense of adventure. GotG was a giant space adventure with a varied and fascinating variety of backdrops. Much of the film is spent on a colourful planet that looks ridiculous rather than interesting.

in GotG the villain was very villainous and his purpose clear. The villain in Vol 2 is just not that interesting, a bit ridiculous (WTF is that brain thing about?) and heavily CGI reliant.

the main characters seem to have become these overpowered super heroes capable of hand to hand combat with immense creatures; it lost its sense of scale in this regard and through it any sense of danger.

the humour is nowhere close to the original; all the funny bits are in the trailer.

It's still not bad. I just felt the original was a great film and this just a half-decent one.