Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

7/10

Starring

Chris Pratt

Zoe Saldana

Dave Bautista

Bradley Cooper

Vin Diesel

Directed by James Gunn

While watching this movie, I could feel the energy the writers, director (James Gunn), and actors put into the production to make sure we found it entertaining and thrilling. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a great sequel to the first Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). The movie packs as much fun, adventure, and visual mastery as the original, ensuring you’ll want to own a copy as soon as it comes out.

This is the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is based on the Marvel superhero team, Guardians of the Galaxy. The movie features the characters Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel).

If you’re a Marvel fan, you’ll notice right away that the writers decided to change the origin of Quill/Star-Lord. In the comics, Quill is the son of J’son, who met Quill’s mother when his ship crash-landed on Earth. J’son is the King of Spartax, and you can see this story if you watch the Guardians of the Galaxy animation on Disney XD.

In the movie, however, the living planet Ego is revealed to be Quill’s father. Ego is an immortal Celestial consciousness that learned to manipulate matter around him to form a planet over his consciousness. He went further to create a humanoid version of himself, which he uses to travel the universe in search of his purpose.

His travels led him to Earth, where he met and fell in love with Quill’s mother. Quill was born while Ego was exploring the cosmos, and when Ego learned of his son’s birth, he hired Yondu to bring Quill to him. Yondu failed to deliver Quill and instead raised him himself, using him to steal and commit crimes. Now, Ego finds Quill and shares his origin with him, showing him his abilities—including the power to manipulate matter on Ego’s planet.

Meanwhile, things aren’t going well for the Guardians with the Sovereign, led by Ayesha. After Rocket steals some batteries from them, it nearly leads to their annihilation—until Ego arrives and saves them. As Ego and Quill continue to bond, Ayesha hires Yondu and his crew to retrieve the batteries and deliver the Guardians to her.

Back on Ego’s planet, Gamora grows suspicious of Ego, and Drax’s new friend, Mantis—Ego’s assistant—tries to warn them about Ego’s plans for the galaxy.

Nothing should stop you from seeing this movie. The graphics are off the charts, and the CGI/live-action mix is solid. Plus, get ready for some fun cameos from Sylvester Stallone, Stan Lee, David Hasselhoff, and Ving Rhames.