Iron Man 2 (2010)

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	Year of first release: 2010
	Director: Jon Favreau (Iron Man)
	Actors: Robert Downey Jr. (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang), Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle (Mission to Mars), Scarlett Johannson (The Man who wasn't there), Sam Rockwell (Moon), Mickey Rourke (The Expendables), Samuel Jackson (Pulp Fiction)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 30.06.2014, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: After revealing at the end of the first movie that he is Iron Man, Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) is facing new problems with his health, private life, the american military as he doesn't want to hand over his suit, and a new foe from Russia Ivan Vanko (Rouke).
Review: The first Iron Man was kind of a good surprise although I found it laked action, due to its mandatory lengthy characters introduction. This second movie is the opposite: the story and characters development is rather poor, but the action is plentyfull: the Monaco attack, Iron Man vs. Iron man, and especially the last scenes with the drones. Robert Downey Jr. is true to himself, Mickey Rourke well at ease, and the other actors not really worth mentioning. One scene typical of this movie and that summarizes it well is when Tony Stark removes the palladium card from his chest and his buddy A.I. robot comments on it, ending with "what is keeping you alive is also what is killing you". First of all I always found it disturbing that this robot was capable of humour or deep reflexion, and I didn't find it was necessary. Secondly, this kind of reasoning should have been left to the viewer, and hinted via a camera motion, a look by Tony Stark, a tense music... there was no need to spell it out like if the viewer was taken for an idiot. This is a bad feeling a keep from this movie. Fortunately a better balace will be found between the two first movies in Iron Man 3.
Rating: 5 /10