Disappointing.

Rating: 4/10 (31 May 2010)

Although not a comic fan, I pride myself in being intellectual in my choice of movies. I thought that the first Iron Man was a fantastic action movie bolstered by the remarkable acting of RDJ. I enjoyed the first movie so much that I was convinced that its sequel would be just as equally, if not more so, entertaining and action packed and complex as the first movie. With all that being said, Iron Man 2 was a tremendous letdown for me. The final action scene was a complete joke. The small details in the plot that were supposed to enhance and enrich the movie and make it more complex failed horribly. The whole ordeal with Samuel L Jackson was a good thought, but it would have served the movie better if it had spent more time with the smaller details of the plot. I found it extremely difficult to take "Hammer" seriously. I understand that he wasn't supposed to be the dark force that RDJ is up against, but he could have still been made to be a believable character. Mickey Rourke did a good job acting, and RDJ was okay at best, and in the end I find that I was severely disappointed with the finished product. The movie came across to me to be just another one of those "America is bad ass and always wins no matter what" movies that have served only to polarize my faith in the American Cinema. It lacks depth, it lacks complexity, and it just seemed second rate to me.