Too fractured

Rating: 6/10 (27 May 2010)

Picking up where the first Iron Man film left off this film continues the tale of Tony Stark, the rich and somewhat eccentric inventor of technologies most people can only dream of.
Being a typical action film this one is filled to the rim with explosions, chases, fire and women that are too beautiful to actually exist. There is a story line and it isn't half bad - it's enough for a decent film. But, and this is a major but, as it tries to mimic the stories from the cartoons it skips through this story a bit too quickly at times leaving gaping holes and making the film feel like running across a giant Swiss cheese where you have to jump the holes to make it to the other side.
The appearing Nemesis is fun to watch and the trails that are left to the Avengers are clear enough - but fitting, somewhat. Appearance of most characters is good - just a few that are a bit dodgy (Johansson didn't really work for me in this one) All in all, this is popcorn cinema, but not the best of it. It can be enjoyed, but there's better things out there to enjoy. If it had been less fractured it would have been very good.
6 out of 10 amazing sources of energy