A huge bag of fun

Rating: 8/10 (1 May 2017)

It was a worthy sequel. At first I wasn't too impressed by its story but it really nicely developed throughout the film and gives it quite a nice meaning although it was sometimes just a bit too much tearjerking. Still what I liked most of it was the great twists in the second half and that it was able to answer or react on many unsolved questions from part one and was still able to surprise and be unpredictable. The cast once again did a good job. Chris Pratt was once again proving to be the ideal actor to portray that character. The voice job of Bradley Cooper even better than in part 1. Zoe Saldana had her moments and I really loved Dave Baustia here who got way more to do and had some really scene stealing moments. Kurt Russell was ideally cast. Sylvester Stallone a bit wasted but I guess we will see more of him in future films of the franchise. The best of the cast was probably Michael Rooker. The effects and look was really exceptional. A bit overblown, especially in the first half, but really impressive nevertheless. The soundtrack was also great, even more effective than in the first film which I found surprising. And Baby Groot was just the perfect scene stealer. Really a fun ride. Some one liners did not work, but generally it was a huge bag of fun with the right amount of spice in form of surprises.