Sequel does not always mean more

Rating: 8/10 (7 October 2010)

In this case, you might be forgiven to think, that there are too few action scenes and too many exposition and/or story scenes. But if you like that sort of thing (they are still tying a few things together for another movie and I'm not talking about the inevitable third installment in the series), you will have quite a few things to enjoy here, as did I and a quite a few others.
It risks quite a bit for trying to stay true to the first part and have quite a few character beats, instead of many action scenes, that might have won more fan boys and would probably have grossed more at the cinemas. But as it is, it did play well and it's a very good film. I am a big fan of Robert Downey and he really is smooth and does know what do with this role. He owns it.
A talk-y superhero movie, that works on almost all the levels.