Action scenes are good, and that is just about it...

Rating: 6/10 (8 May 2010)

Everyone likes action in a film, in fact, many people dislike films with no action. Therefore, Iron Man 2 takes full advantage of how much people like action in films (as Transformers 2 did). But, if I am honest, the action was the only good part of the film.
For a start, if anything there is too little action, it is almost as if, the film makers were in a rush to get through them, the final action scene for example, did let the film down a bit. Mickey Rourke (who potentially could have been excellent) was not taken to full advantage in the film, in the final scene, he is killed in a matter of seconds, the fight was almost effortless.
And this 'effortless' fighting seems to continue throughout the film, the viewer never gets the impression that Iron Man can die, and when he was closest (the power source thing in his chest that was slowly killing him)to death, he quickly finds a solution preventing it.
And so, the highlights of the film were the action scenes (even though they were limited), the scenes with Mickey Rourke and the scenes with Scarlet Johansson (come on, we all know why she was given a role).
And so, the film was quite disappointing, however, it did have its moments, it is worth a watch.