If Favreau cant even come close to his first one again, time to let someone else at bat!

Rating: 4/10 (27 October 2010)

Watchable, but not close to the greatness that the first one was. sure Favreau has put in all the cool gadgetry that incorporates the world of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) however if you are going to make sequels at least don't follow suit of the Spiderman series and start making them less enjoyable as they go along! One thing i will give Favreau on this one was his brilliant decision making on casting, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson,Don Cheadle, Sam Rockwell etc. etc. However the storyline is sorta ...meh! Mickey Rourke plays our villain here Ivan Vanko aka Whiplash sporting a very poor Russian accent throughout. Now that Stark has revealed he is in fact Iron Man and suffering from new health issues due to the suit, is put under a lot of stress as the government want him to share his blueprints and technology information with the military. Major problem here is when you have so much on screen talent what to do with them all and sometimes like this it turns into one giant cluster ..... However if you are a fan of cgi and an action film that packs a pretty good wallop! You should be impressed with this latest instalment to the saga. I personally hope they don't mess up the Avengers as it could be , if done right one of the all time great Marvel comics adaptations!