Review for Iron Man 2

Rating: 10/10 (4 February 2011)

For the first portion of this "review" I will be going over the theme of the Film, or from what I have gathered what I believe it to be. I believe that the theme of this movie was Tony Starks own Legacy and that of his fathers. There is the legacy that he is continuing to follow with Iron Man and then his own personal legacy as Tony Stark the Business Man. He has to find a way to make the two co-exist. This is shown throughout the film when he is going through the crisis of trying to find a replacement mineral for his "pacemaker" before it kills him from poisoning in his blood stream (Favreo, 2010).
I will now begin to go into detail on the plot of the film and then follow up with mentioning some of the characters and their roles. The plot starts out telling about the story of where it left off from the first movie. That is that Tony Stark and Iron Man are the same being. One of the personas is being a superhero, while the other is a rich playboy billionaire. In this film he is consistently being harassed by the government to give up his suit but he is reluctant to do so (Favreo, 2010). This brings the upcoming of new enemies to Iron Man rather than your typical villain, now it's the United States Government. Unwilling to give up his suit and due to his inexcusable actions at the time, his best friend and government official is forced to take the Mark 2 protocol and steal it (Favreo, 2010). This is where the character War Machine is created. Amongst his search for a new element, he has also put peppers in control of Stark Enterprises.
The next portion of this paper will be in regards to the Characters. I will briefly describe each important one and the role that they played. First we have Tony Stark, who is played by Robert Downey Jr. and he is of course Iron Man as well. Then we have Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Plots, and that is Tony Stark's assistant/secret love. Then there is Tony's best friend, Rhodey Rhodes who also plays War Machine. Then Down the list is Samuel Jackson who plays Nick Fury and as well as Scarlett Johanson who plays a spy for Shield. Sam Rockwell plays as Justin Hammer and Mickey Rourke plays as the main villain Ivan Vanko (Favreo, 2010).
In Iron Man one and two the transitions and editorial cutting that are used allow the movie to flow smoothly. It allows for certain action scenes to go to the next one or next level. For example, when Tony Stark first arrives at the expo center at the begging of the film it transitions into action (Iron Man flying to expo) then into moderation (where he is in his tuxedo and is hosting and portrays his father's segment) (Favreo, 2010). There are many other areas in the film but this is what came to mind first. Transition played a huge effect in the making of this movie and it allowed it to run smoothly from scene to scene.
The sound effects that came to mind that made me feel like I was actually there was in the middle of the movie when Tony was having his birthday party. His friend Rhode was upset and took the Mark 2 protocol suit (Favreo, 2010). The music along with the sound effects from the fight made it seem as if you were really there. Another scene was towards the end when it was an all out battle. When he was flying under the highway and the robots were blowing up, it brought the viewer in and seemed so realistic that one may have thought that the pieces would come flying at them from the blown up robots (Favreo, 2010).
In conclusion, I have described an overall summary and review of the film Iron Man 2.I have provided all the information that was required for this assignment as well. I have described how the character plays two roles and what the issue at hand is during the film. Overall I thought that it was a Blast of excitement and was put together very well. I would recommend this movie to any action or comic buff. I am one of those, so that is why my decision may be influenced to some degree. Overall I would give the film the rating of an A-.