What a wonderfully enjoyable way to spend a couple of hours. With its potent mix of space opera and soap opera, and starting with an awesome opening credits sequence that shows real scale and ambition as well as making everyone instantly fall in love with Baby Groot if the trailers had not done that already, Vol 2 hits the ground running with now fully-formed characters and a real sense of confidence. If the first film was about bringing together this mis-matched crew, the second film is firmly about family, both literal and metaphorical, almost to an overwhelming point like the Fast & Furious franchise, but as the issues are largely central to the main plot they are effectively handled. Visually, the film is gloriously epic and beautifully realised, and James Gunn continues to delight in always looking for the unexpected and hugely effective camera angle, move or framing. The cast is simply a delight to watch (Drax and Rocket also benefit from better writing and exposure in this film), the funny banter excellently written and delivered superbly. This is another Marvel winner: energetic, colourful, huge in scale and very entertaining. (Stay to the very end of the credits for a handful of worthwhile short scenes scattered throughout).
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