Too much schmaltz but some laughs

Rating: 6/10 (29 June 2020)

The Guardians of the Galaxy, a fun team of misfits, get in trouble with an alien race when Rocky Raccoon steals some super batteries for them. Then Starlord's father turns up and they go off to his home planet. He's called Ego. I knew the nature of Ego from the comics so that wasn't a surprise. A few of the jokes are aimed at twelve year olds but I guess the whole film is really. Lots of action, flashing lights, crashes, explosions and super special effects. All the hard men have soft centres (unlike real hard men who are vicious) and it ends with too much American schmaltz for my stiff upper lipped British taste. However, it was a bit of fun and passed a couple of hours which I do not regret the loss of.