The sophomore curse is in full effect on this one.
I'd pretty much watch Kurt Russell in anything and enjoy it (Big Trouble in Little China and The Thing remake are solid in my John Carpenter essential movie collection) but it's Michael Rooker's Yondu that steals this movie. Best character arc, poignant reveals and moments.
I really wanted this movie to kick ass and it just doesn't. It'll still make a shitload of money, but . . .
*sigh*
Also . . . biggest disappointment? The soundtrack.
It sucks.
Ass.
Almost literally.
Nearly two years in the making, and two decades of pop and rock classics to pick from and you end up with ELO's Mr. Blue Sky for the opening sequence?! Fucking unbelievable!