Iron Man 2
PG 13
Jon Favre returns to the Iron Man
story and introduces a new villain, Whiplash, in this fun but overlong sequel.
Robert Downey Jr. returns as Stark/Iron Man, and his sidekicks are back also,
with some new faces as well tossed in for good measure. The actors are all
pretty good and well known, Rourke, Paltrow, Downey, etc., but really Sam
Jackson steals the scenery as the pirate eye patch SHIELD commander. So the
science is a bit loopy and there is no way to project computer laser images
onto thin air without smoke, or make a new device out of a model of a city, but
ignore that and strap on for the ride. The sequel has fewer battles, but the
characters make up for it. If only Transformers 2 had been this smart. And
Rourke was hilarious as the Russian bent on getting his freak on with a
whipping vengeance. Review by Adam Browne
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