I want 6/10 birds

Rating: 6/10 (15 May 2020)

The sequel actually has a lot of great elements. Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer is a blast. Don Cheadle taking over as Rhodey works well; he and Robert Downey Jr. have great chemistry. The soundtrack led by AC/DC is excellent. The action overall is very good, with Black Widow's hallway fight scene deserving special mention. The senate hearing with Senator Stern, making Pepper CEO and Tony's last birthday party are all entertaining scenes. Tony suiting with the chest on the race track is one of my favourite suit-ups in the entire MCU. The best shot in the movie has to be Tony eating a donut while sitting in a giant donut.
Unfortunately there are some not-so-great elements as well. Ivan Vanko, apart from the two lines "If you could make God bleed, people would cease to believe in Him." and "I want my bird." is probably one of the worst MCU villains. I don't blame the filmmakers though, if the behind-the-scenes stories of Mickey Rourke are true. I am also not a fan of the discovering a new element hidden in the expo layout plotline, even if the scene where he makes the element is also pretty cool. Also not a fan of how just putting a new element in his chest somehow immediately cures the palladium poisoning?
Also Kate Mara is in this movie for 2 seconds. Just thought you ought to know.