Overview
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
The funny thing about Iron Man 2 is that it is about as good as I expected the first one to be. The first one really was such a shock because the script was really really good (especially when you consider the genre). The second one? Not nearly so much. The dialogue was at times completely smarmy and the story was really lacking. And I’m sorry, anything with this much Gweneth Paltrow can only be so likeable. On the positive side, Mickey Rourke did a completely believable Russian accent. Other than that… it was standard fare. And for the record, you can already see the sequel coming. Robert Downey Jr’s character is going to have to come out of retirement to save the world from someone who got a hold of the technology.
IHATEBadMovies.com reviews Iron Man 2
Movie title: Iron Man 2
Movie description: With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
Date published: 2010-09-11
Director(s): Jon Favreau
Actor(s): Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Garry Shandling, Paul Bettany, Leslie Bibb, Kate Mara, Evgeniy Lazarev, Christiane Amanpour, Philippe Bergeron, Helena Mattsson, Olivia Munn, Anya Monzikova, James Bethea, Michael Bruno, Kate Clark, Luminita Docan, François Duhamel, Larry Ellison, Adam Goldstein, Tim Guinee, Eric L. Haney, Ali Khan, Stan Lee, Isaiah Guyman Martin IV, Keith Middlebrook, Margy Moore, Elon Musk, Bill O'Reilly, Alejandro Patino, Davin Ransom, Karim Saleh, Brian Schaeffer, Phillipe Simon, Jack White, Melanie Brown, Krystal Ellsworth, Victoria Gracie, Gina Cantrell, Renee Herlocker, Jill Ann Pineda-Arnold, Sandy Colton, Annika Ihnat, Jenny Robinson, Lindsay Dennis, Jennifer D. Johnson, Lindsay Rosenberg, Hannah Douglass, Brooke Long, Rachele Brooke Smith, Nadine Ellis, Kylette Zamora, Ted Alderman, Donessa Alexander, Martin Andris, Cassity Atkins, Gregory Baldi, Elya Beer, Ayelet Ben-Shahar, Jordan Bobbitt, Chris Borden, Pete Brown, Basilina Butler, John Ceallach, Katie Cleary, Ajarae Coleman, Rick L. Dean, Timothy 'TJ' James Driscoll, Jasmine Dustin, Mark Casimir Dyniewicz, Sam Felman, Caitlin Gallo, Shakira Vanise Gamble, Paul Grace, James Granville, Kathryn Henzler, Jennifer Lynne Johnson, Mark Kubr, Cameron Lee, Jee-Yun Lee, Waymond Lee, Mathew Lorenceau, Christopher Maleki, Richard Markman, Bryan McCoy, Ed Moy, Delka Nenkova, Tony Nevada, Allison Ochmanek, Nicolas Pajon, H.E. Victor J.W. Pekarcik III, Erin Pickett, Olivia Presley, Steven James Price, Kiana Prudhont, Tanner Alexander Redman, Tanoai Reed, Kelly Sarah, Torin Sixx, Peter Trenholm Smith, Grace Stanley, Doug Swander, Michael A. Templeton, Rosa Tyabji, Peter Sebastian Wrobel, Maria Zambrana, Nick W. Nicholson
Genre: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
My Review
The funny thing about Iron Man 2 is that it is about as good as I expected the first one to be. The first one really was such a shock because the script was really really good (especially when you consider the genre). The second one? Not nearly so much. The dialogue was at times completely smarmy and the story was really lacking. And I’m sorry, anything with this much Gweneth Paltrow can only be so likeable. On the positive side, Mickey Rourke did a completely believable Russian accent. Other than that… it was standard fare. And for the record, you can already see the sequel coming. Robert Downey Jr’s character is going to have to come out of retirement to save the world from someone who got a hold of the technology.
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My Review - 6.5/10
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