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Iron Man 2 2010
Now that the world actually knows who Iron Man is, we enter an almost entirely unexplored scenario. Iron Man 2 is a political super-hero movie, with a small interest in big action sequences. It's also not afraid to throw a slew of new characters into the mix, such as Scarlet Johannson's Black Widow or Sam Rockwell's Justin Hammer (the best addition imo).
The U.S. government is pleading to Stark to share his suit with the military, his position is that he's the only one responsible enough to control it and this is pretty much what ties the bulk of the story up. Nick Fury (Sam Jack) and Rhodes (now played by Cheadle) are trying to form teams with Tony who has his hands full with a new challenger in the form of brilliant engineer Ivan Vanko (Rourke) and the newfound toxicity of his mini arc-reactor. Needless to say, there's a lot up in the air here and for a two hour movie it doesn't have enough time.
Like it's predecessor it's dialogue heavy (even more so), everyone talks fast and works fast. The brief animation heavy action scenes get cranked up a couple notches and surprisingly the one running low on special effects just might be one of the coolest. Even though it's not overflowing with action scenes, the visual team gets no break. Stark is still playing around in his holographic lab and using his suit for show. (also see if you can count how many screen wipes there are).
The web of characters really spans out here, with a lot of new favorites to pick from (Jon Faverau's character is pretty awesome). What might disappoint some is the lack of interplay between Stark and Potts/Rhodes - the three of them are mostly pursuing their own stuff. Justin Hammer is a lovable bad guy, taking every chance he gets to pull a Tony Stark move. Ivan Vanko's hated for Stark is something unexplored and it's really for the worst. We get a brief idea for his motivations, but it's not nearly substantial.
Iron Man 2 may not meet expectations, but it's a much welcome chapter to a hopefully continuing saga.
Now that the world actually knows who Iron Man is, we enter an almost entirely unexplored scenario. Iron Man 2 is a political super-hero movie, with a small interest in big action sequences. It's also not afraid to throw a slew of new characters into the mix, such as Scarlet Johannson's Black Widow or Sam Rockwell's Justin Hammer (the best addition imo).
The U.S. government is pleading to Stark to share his suit with the military, his position is that he's the only one responsible enough to control it and this is pretty much what ties the bulk of the story up. Nick Fury (Sam Jack) and Rhodes (now played by Cheadle) are trying to form teams with Tony who has his hands full with a new challenger in the form of brilliant engineer Ivan Vanko (Rourke) and the newfound toxicity of his mini arc-reactor. Needless to say, there's a lot up in the air here and for a two hour movie it doesn't have enough time.
Like it's predecessor it's dialogue heavy (even more so), everyone talks fast and works fast. The brief animation heavy action scenes get cranked up a couple notches and surprisingly the one running low on special effects just might be one of the coolest. Even though it's not overflowing with action scenes, the visual team gets no break. Stark is still playing around in his holographic lab and using his suit for show. (also see if you can count how many screen wipes there are).
The web of characters really spans out here, with a lot of new favorites to pick from (Jon Faverau's character is pretty awesome). What might disappoint some is the lack of interplay between Stark and Potts/Rhodes - the three of them are mostly pursuing their own stuff. Justin Hammer is a lovable bad guy, taking every chance he gets to pull a Tony Stark move. Ivan Vanko's hated for Stark is something unexplored and it's really for the worst. We get a brief idea for his motivations, but it's not nearly substantial.
Iron Man 2 may not meet expectations, but it's a much welcome chapter to a hopefully continuing saga.