A good fun space adventure sequel

Rating: 7/10 (28 April 2017)

One of the most anticipated sequels in history is here in guardians of the galaxy vol 2 and I enjoyed this film, even though I do think this is a pretty disappointing film. The premise of the film sees the team attempting to avoid an ancient race hunting them down, while finding out more about star lords lineage. Chris Pratt is back as Peter quill/star lord In this film and he is truly great in this role, he provides a lot of charisma, humour and especially emotional depth to his character in this film. His character arc is the main plot in this film and he truly made me buy his character and the emotional journey he goes through in the film, while keeping his humour in this film. The rest of the team is back, Zoe saldana is back as gamora and she does a good job in this film, I liked her relationship with her sister nebula in this film and I feel like she did the best job she could even though she is a little underutilised. Dave bautista is back as drax and proves that he is the real deal in this film and proves that he is a future acting star. He nails all the humour that he is given in this role and has a bit of drama with his character but like saldana is a bit underutilised. Rocket raccoon and this time baby Groot are in full flow in this film and I loved both of there characters in this film for humour and drama. I also liked Kurt Russell's addition to the cast and I thought he provided a lot of charm to his performance and dramatic with Peters storyline. But the real show stealer for me in this film has to be Michael rooker's performance as yondu. He is given so much great character development in this film and I loved seeing him progress as the film goes on. He is probably the coolest character in this film and I loved how much better he was treated in this film then the first. The story has a lot of good pairings in it with emotional story arcs as the film develops, as you see the team progress together and apart which was well handled. However, this film is really not cohesive at all, there are to many story arcs in this film to follow and some characters get left behind. Also the character of ayesha and the sovereign are absolutely ridiculous and I hated there role in the story of the film. The script has a lot of humour in it, probably the most any marvel film has ever had and most of it works. But there is way too much humour in this film and at times it feels like a flat out comedy instead of an adventure film. The drama is handled very well in this film and I really liked how it helped develop the characters. The style of the film once again has the bright colourful look that the first film film did and I really liked that along with the action scenes. However, the pacing of the film is a bit all over the place especially with a bit of a lacklustre second act and maybe a little forgetful final confrontation that didn't deliver for me. Overall I liked guardians of the galaxy 2 but I wanted this film to be so much better with its execution, I hope they get a fresh start with the future projects but this is a decent film worth a watch if you liked the first film.