Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2: 12 Critical Reactions You Need To Know

8. There's Not Much Plot (And That's OK)

"Returning writer-director James Gunn loads the movie with incident (there’s lots of chasing, fighting and escaping) but not tons of story, which is fine when you have characters whose interplay is so fun to watch." - The Wrap

Thoroughly entertaining though the first film was, one of the big criticisms was the near-total lack of anything approaching a compelling plot. It was basically not a big deal because the sheer character and personality was so much fun, but even so, some hoped that Vol. 2 might prove a little more narratively ambitious.

Though the sequel does splinter off into a more fragmented space-faring plot, it's still fairly familiar, bare bones sci-fi tropes at work, and again, if you were cool with this the first time, it shouldn't prove bothersome here.

The film is so much fun that the functional nature of the plot is largely justified, it seems.