Movie Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

This weeks movie review is one that was highly anticipated in my family. Having really enjoyed the first Guardians of the Galaxy, expectations were high as we waited for Vol. 2 to be released. Now that it is finally here I am the envy of all my other family members for being the first of us to watch this. I did take my brother Matt along because who wanted to see a fun movie alone with me. We had fun discussing it afterwards, and so here is what we thought of the movie.

The movie starts with Meredith Quill (played by Laura Haddock) and a young Ego (played by Aaron Schwartz) driving in a car. They park the car and go for a walk in the forest when young Ego shows Meredith a strange flower. Then it cuts to present time. Peter Quill A.K.A Star-Lord (played by Chris Pratt), Gamora (played by Zoe Saldana), Drax (played by Dave Bautista), and Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) protecting batteries from a huge alien. At the same time, Baby Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel) is dancing around to music playing in the background.

After that, Rocket steals the batteries and the Sovereign find out. They send out all of their army to destroy them when suddenly they all get wiped out from a quote "small one inch man". It turns out that the "small one inch man" was actually Ego (played by Kurt Russell). Peter, Gamora, and Drax go with Ego to Ego's planet. It then cuts to Contraxia, a planet for ravagers, and shows Yondu (played by Michael Rooker) sitting in a building. Yondu is then being disgraced by all of the other ravagers for letting Peter escape with the infinity stone in the previous movie. To regain their trust, he sets out for Peter and gets the help of Rocket and Baby Groot.

The story plot was well done. It did not have many plot holes but there were some that could've been fixed. There was a lot of action that I personally enjoyed and many good scenes to improve on it. You will not get bored easily watching this because the directors and story writers made it so interesting to hear and watch. There is quite a bit of language so i would not suggest bringing children 7 and below to this movie.

The acting was fun to watch. Everyone that was acting brought you so deep into the movie, at times it would feel like you were there. With all the fight scenes and amazing makeup, it was incredible to see them do it so well. It was especially good when there were really funny jokes and they all had to keep a straight face. Compared to the first movie, the acting was just a bit better. They were more focused and better practiced. In my opinion, Marvel made great casting choices to begin with and it carried through to this sequel.

Overall, the acting was great and the plot made sense. I didn't feel like too much was left out. It was hilarious and just a great movie in general. Marvel Studios keeps getting better with each movie, this one just proved that point. And so for the reasons above, I would rate this movie an 9.2/10.