Review: Iron Man 2

Rating: 7/10 (30 March 2019)

Iron Man 2 pretends to be a better sequel than the failed attempts of these, but unfortunately it is not better... But... Is it bad?
Stark is sponsoring a Stark Exhibition at the New York World Fair site, and presents himself to appear in the Iron Man outfit and promises world peace. The Sand is full of fans. Imagine Steve Jobs announcing the iPad 3. But the problems are brewing. His rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) plans an army of rival iron suits. A congressional committee led by Fatuous Senator Stern (Garry Shandling) wants Stark to make Iron Man the exclusive property of the Department of Defense. And in Russia, the bitter Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) believes that Stark's father stole the secrets of Iron Man from his own father.
Hammer hires Vanko to design a better outfit than Stark's, the two designs of the suits go to war, we have half an hour of sensational special effects and Bob is your uncle. But you also have a niece, sexy martial arts expert played by Scarlett Johansson, who can be more than she looks. The character was named Black Widow in the comics, never a good sign. Fighting next to Stark is his fellow lieutenant Colonel "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle); As they shoot through a blizzard of enemy missiles, they both find time to talk. How slow should a missile move if your friend has time to warn you to dodge it?
The best CGI sequence in the film occurs in the middle, when Tony Stark decides to drive his own car in the Grand Prix of Monaco, and Ivan Vanko is fearless in the midst of the race, dressed as a perverted gladiator and wielding electric whips Who can cut a car in two Almost destroys Stark, which is so exciting that we forgot to ask how he knew Tony was driving his own car. It Is After this race that Hammer enters it.
Mickey Rourke gives us everything that Ivan Vanko could want, unless he had a third arm to give more space to tattoos. His Performance presents glimpses of his golden teeth in sad laughter and many grunts. Sam Rockwell gives an ironic comic performance like Hammer, a plaintive plaintive who seems to be crazy in the Super weapons business.
The peculiar performance of Robert Downey Jr. The superhero genre is full of good performances (mostly), but when it is there (as in "Iron Man" and "The Dark Knight"), that takes it to a level. Downey here gives us a Tony Stark who is more arrogant and more selfish than ever. Or, and here's the key, it seems to be.
You Want a sequel, you have a sequel. "Iron Man 2", directed as the first of Jon Favreau, does the work. However, since both films have essentially the same arc of history, there are not many surprises, which made me wonder how the boys would survive inside those suits. Of Course, the suits are armoured, but their bodies are not. How Many dizzying falls, brutal blows and stealthy explosions can you survive without breaking all the bones in your body? I was Just asking. ' At The end of a long day, those suits must be filled with bloody pulp.
Not to mention that I feel that, I don't know, could have been better explored as the first, it's obviously not better, but it's still a good sequel. 3.5/5.