Tony Sparks is back and loving the limelight. Downey's wit and charm has made Iron Man a national icon while the generator in his chest that keeps him alive is slowly poisoning his blood. The little blood monitor--helpfully named the "Stark Blood Monitor," tells him his Blood Toxicity is relentlessly climbing toward death, albeit a ridiculous pace which also dictates the pace of the show.
I get the feeling that this sequel is more about Iron Man's struggle with his identity and facing death than anything else. As a man trying to deal with imminent death, Downey must control his affections for his assistant Pepper Potts. Then you have the irritating U.S. government who are pressurizing him to hand over his suit.
The story would not be complete without a villain and thus a gold-toothed Russian named Vanko (Mickey Rourke) shows up with a lame hatred of the Stark family. With a man as intelligent as Vanko, he sure didn't put up much of a fight which is rather disappointing. Why would he put himself in danger if he can have droids do his work for him?
A couple of interesting characters do make their appearances. New comer Scarlett Johansson is Natalie, aka Black Widow. Don Cheadle takes over from "Iron Man 1's" Terrence Howard as Tony's pal Lt. Col. Jim Rhodes, known as War Machine which is a brand of silver Iron Man armour. And Samuel L. Jackson is eye-patched S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury. All of which points at the next sequel.
Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts is promoted to CEO which Gwyneth never really pulled off and what is supposed to be lover's banter falls flat. Sam Rockwell snakes around as a Stark-lite rival industrialist which really represents corporate evilness and greed. John Slattery ("Mad Men") has a nice nostalgic moment as Tony's late father, which I swear was dull and blank even though it was meant to be emotional.
Overall, the movie is fun, funny at parts and worth a movie ticket as compared to a concurrent film Russel Crowe's "Robin Hood".
7/10. Might as well watch it since sequels are sure to follow.
I get the feeling that this sequel is more about Iron Man's struggle with his identity and facing death than anything else. As a man trying to deal with imminent death, Downey must control his affections for his assistant Pepper Potts. Then you have the irritating U.S. government who are pressurizing him to hand over his suit.
The story would not be complete without a villain and thus a gold-toothed Russian named Vanko (Mickey Rourke) shows up with a lame hatred of the Stark family. With a man as intelligent as Vanko, he sure didn't put up much of a fight which is rather disappointing. Why would he put himself in danger if he can have droids do his work for him?
A couple of interesting characters do make their appearances. New comer Scarlett Johansson is Natalie, aka Black Widow. Don Cheadle takes over from "Iron Man 1's" Terrence Howard as Tony's pal Lt. Col. Jim Rhodes, known as War Machine which is a brand of silver Iron Man armour. And Samuel L. Jackson is eye-patched S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury. All of which points at the next sequel.
Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts is promoted to CEO which Gwyneth never really pulled off and what is supposed to be lover's banter falls flat. Sam Rockwell snakes around as a Stark-lite rival industrialist which really represents corporate evilness and greed. John Slattery ("Mad Men") has a nice nostalgic moment as Tony's late father, which I swear was dull and blank even though it was meant to be emotional.
Overall, the movie is fun, funny at parts and worth a movie ticket as compared to a concurrent film Russel Crowe's "Robin Hood".
7/10. Might as well watch it since sequels are sure to follow.
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