A Family Reunion of Sorts

Rating: 5/10 (22 November 2018)

After retrieving some valuable batteries to the Sovereign race the Guardians of the Galaxy are compensated in the process by having a female outlaw named "Nebula" (Karen Gillan) handed over to them. As it so happens, Nebula was imprisoned by the Sovereign race because she had tried to steal the same batteries that the Guardians have safely returned. Additionally, Nebula just happens to be the estranged sister of "Gamora" (Zoe Saldana) as well. In any case, after the Guardians of the Galaxy depart they soon discover that one of their own members has kept some of the batteries for himself-and because of that they are now the targets of the same people who had employed them earlier. To make matters even more complicated, while trying to escape from the Sovereigns they encounter a man named "Ego" (Kurt Russell) who claims to be the father of "Peter Quill" (Chris Pratt). But what they don't realize is that Ego has a secret agenda that he only plans to reveal when the time is right. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that-as in the first movie-fans who enjoy lots of CGI and action will probably love this particular film. And while I was quite impressed with the CGI, I must admit that-once again-I didn't consider this movie to be as good as the marketing and hype surrounding it. To further elaborate, I found the acting to be rather mediocre and I didn't think that the humor was very sharp either. That being said, while it wasn't necessarily a bad movie by any means, I thought it could have been much better and I have rated it accordingly. Average.