A super funny and awesome space opera sequel

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2017)

The Guardians returns for another out-of-this-world, laugh-out-loud, adventure. We're thrown back into the galactic tale when the crew of Starlord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax, (Dave Bautista), Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper), and Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) take on a giant monster. The open credits see Groot dancing while the rest fight. Drax establishes himself as the funniest but the whole film is full of great humor and levity to balance out the space action and emotion. They were taking on the beast for a job from the Sovereign, a golden humanoid species led by Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki) in order to collect Nebula (Karen Gillan). when Rocket steals their special batteries, this species turns into an enemy.
The Guardians escape with the help of Ego (Kurt Russell), but their ship is damaged. When Ego reveals that he is Quill's long lost father, he invites them to his planet. Drax, Gamora, and Quill go with ego leaving Rocket, Groot, and Nebula behind. Ayesha hires Yondu (Michael Rooker) to find the Guardians and bring them to their death. Ego takes the three Guardians to his home world and show them how he is the planet and only made this human form to travel the galaxy. He explains how he met Quill's mother and why he left. Meanwhile, Yondu tracks down and captures Rocket but is betrayed by his crew of Ravagers and shot in the head by Nebula.
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