Upon completing a mission , the Guardians set out from the land of the sovereign race only to be chased by remotely controlled ships in order to kill them due to Rocket's misdoing. They were saved by Ego and had to land on a nearby planet. Ego revealed that he is Peter's father but turned out to have some plot to conquer the universe and use Peter's and his combined celestial power to do it. A battle ensues between father and son, while the others plot to destroy the planet that will eventually kill Ego.
I think this was really an improvement of the first episode in terms of story. We get to really know the characters very well in this sequel. Drax the destroyer is showing more personality here and has proven that he is not just a killing machine. Gamora has shown another side of her with the help of her half sister Nebula. Rocket revealed more of his human side despite him being a genetically engineered mercenary and bounty hunter. And we get to finally close the subplot concerning Peter Quill's mysterious roots. So generally the story moved quite a bit forward while further developing the main characters without any sort of distraction from the other new support that came along.
With fascinating visual effects and very interesting worlds and aliens this movie tries to be a little bit of everything to please quite a diverse set of audience. Mostly funny and action packed, it also tries to be melodramatic, mysterious, somewhat romantic. It tries to get into family issues , with siblings and fatherhood. It also tries to get into the psyche of why people behave the way they do. Though this diversity did not at all dampen the entertainment value of this movie, I think the vol. 3 sequel could use some more resolve.
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