Saturday, May 12, 2018

Movie review - "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2" (2017) **

The production values are as impressive as ever - the tremendous design and effects - and the cast are absolutely fine. It's fun to have Kurt Russell as Chris Pratt's dad. I love the colour.

But the film never manages to find an equivalent to the narrative/emotional drive of the first one - which was about the formation of a family of misfits. There's some squabbling and Pratt betrayed by his dad and a lot of explosions and not a lot of excitement.

No one has much to do except Pratt. I guess Zoe Saladana has a plot with her sister but it feels overshadowed. I found it hard going and not that interesting.

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