An excellent sequel

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2010)

This is one of the few sequels that certainly meets up with if not surpasses the original...
Iron Man was the origin story. Now that that is out of the way the story focuses more on Tony facing the consequences of being Iron Man which is great. Robert Downey Jr. is great at delivering those sarcastic lines while remaining completely stone faced. Mickey Rourke as Ivon Vanko/Whiplash is one of the high points of the movie. His Russian accent at times is hard to understand but let's face it he himself is at times hard to understand...There is a great scene in which he ends up being held by two guards. Later he talks on the phone and all we see is blood on his hands and the two guards hanging from the ceiling....Even his death scene was great
The visual effects are some of the best. During the flying sequences you feel like you are flying as well...The CGI characters have weight which is so often the downfall of CGI..
This sequel comes in a close second to The Dark Knight
I highly recommend it