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Plot: Ironman and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) have gone fat and soft. Tony has become egotistical, and the US government is trying to get Ironman's secrets from him. Meanwhile Russian Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) is puts together another Ironman suit, and ambushes Tony during a car race. Ivan brings Tony down to earth, and business rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) steps in to help Ivan develop Ironman suits for the Pentagon. Tony flirts with a cute young lawyer (Scarlett Johanson), and lets secretary Pepper Potts (Gwynth Paltrow) run the company. Guess what? In the end there is a big fight.
Review: Ironman 2 is the Rocky 3 story of the young hungry underdog beating up on the fat and soft champion. The dynamic between Pepper Potts and Tony Stark carries the movie with old-fashioned chemistry and clever dialog. Mickey Rourke's Ivan has manic intensity and an epidermis full of tough guy tattoos. He gives the movie its intensity.
The Scarlett Johanson character produced some good fight scenes, but did not seem worthwhile. I wonder if there other plot twists left on the cutting room floor.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow
Directed by: John Farveau
Rating: 3.0 flasks; Fun-to-watch, but not fun enough for 3.5 stars. The characters were interesting, but there was no deep hidden meaning or character study here.
More: Where was the Stan Lee cameo? I missed it.
Plot: Ironman and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) have gone fat and soft. Tony has become egotistical, and the US government is trying to get Ironman's secrets from him. Meanwhile Russian Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) is puts together another Ironman suit, and ambushes Tony during a car race. Ivan brings Tony down to earth, and business rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) steps in to help Ivan develop Ironman suits for the Pentagon. Tony flirts with a cute young lawyer (Scarlett Johanson), and lets secretary Pepper Potts (Gwynth Paltrow) run the company. Guess what? In the end there is a big fight.
Review: Ironman 2 is the Rocky 3 story of the young hungry underdog beating up on the fat and soft champion. The dynamic between Pepper Potts and Tony Stark carries the movie with old-fashioned chemistry and clever dialog. Mickey Rourke's Ivan has manic intensity and an epidermis full of tough guy tattoos. He gives the movie its intensity.
The Scarlett Johanson character produced some good fight scenes, but did not seem worthwhile. I wonder if there other plot twists left on the cutting room floor.
Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow
Directed by: John Farveau
Rating: 3.0 flasks; Fun-to-watch, but not fun enough for 3.5 stars. The characters were interesting, but there was no deep hidden meaning or character study here.
More: Where was the Stan Lee cameo? I missed it.
