Tony Stark is Iron Man and the government, press, and conglomerates alike all desperately want to get their hands on his technology. Tony takes on world peace as a personal duty and is unwilling to share his secrets fearing that they will fall into the wrong hands. However if necessity is the mother of invention, then perhaps it could be said that greed in the mother of emulation.
Well it’s a sequel. And as most sequels tend to do, it did not live up to its predecessor. Nevertheless, I was still entertained. It was a tad lackluster and the story kind of gets lost within itself as it tries to simultaneously set up both Iron Man 3 and The Avengers. It lacked the sharp, edgy wit of the first one. The dialogue is a tad campy and again I got a little bored towards the end.
However the casting was spectacular; specifically Mickey Rourke, who was totally underused as the villain. I mean this guy is way creepy. Like John Malkovich creepy and he just isn’t utilized as he should have been, which was unfortunate. Robert Downey Jr. was again perfect in the role and Scarlett Johansson was surprisingly fun.
Not amazing but a fun kick-off for the summer season.
** ½ See it
Rated PG-13 (for violence and language)
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