Iron Man 2
Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 05:20PM ;)
So as you already know I'm a bit of a comic book fan so after enjoying the first film nearly as much as a lathered up orgy in the Playboy mansion I was very fucking much looking forward to the second installment of this Marvel franchise. The first film was just fucking brilliant with Downey Jnr cast to perfection as billionaire weapons manufacturer Tony Stark and as I'm sure many of you know this current crop of Marvel films are a build up to The Avengers film due in around 2012. So I guess the big fucking question is whether number 2 hits the fucking spot again?
The film kicks off in a snowy Russia and we're introduced to Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) a man with a very personal vendetta against Stark and he appears to be creating some kind of super villain suit to use in his revenge. Meanwhile after the admission in Iron man by Stark that he is Iron Man his publicity machine is in overdrive and he opens a huge Expo to show off his skills and ego. Whilst in Monaco taking part in a race Ivan Vanko appears as his alter ego whiplash and attempts to kill Iron Man. So far so fucking good I thought. Anyhow Vanko is imprisoned but then escapes with the help of unscrupulous weapons manufacturer Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) who wants Vanko to build him an army of Iron Man type suits to take Stark out of the picture.
Iron Man 2 is very much more dialogue than action set pieces and don't get me wrong I can appreciate this aspect in any film but when you're dealing with something that takes its story from hundreds of comics you've got to be careful not to overload your audience with to much information. It's so fucking important to remember that not everyone watching is a comic book geek. This for me is where Iron Man 2 falls down slightly and like Spiderman 3 (I assure you its not as fucking bad as that) there are far too many characters introduced. We have War Machine (Col Rhodes/Don Cheadle), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff/Scarlett Johannson), Justin Hammer, Whiplash and a few little geeky nods to other characters coming soon. Now I for one know the background stories of these characters but if you don't read comics then you may get a little confused.
Every person plays their part well and particular mention must go to Scarlett who when on screen I saw nothing else. Fuck me she is hot in this and I for one have made a few deposits in the wank memory bank. The rating on IMDB for this sequel is already 8.7 and there is even one fucking twat comparing this to The Drak Knight but this is no Dark Knight I can tell you. He even mentions Rourkes performance as on par with Ledgers Joker but again what a fucking twat. I kind of enjoyed Iron Man 2 but it's not as good as the first one and although fun in parts the set pieces end all very quickly. I'm sure you will go and see it and do as it is fairly enjoyable but don't believe the fucking hype but do stay past the end credits for a nice little surprise. Me? I'm off to knock one out whilst imagining i'm in a threesome with Pepper Potts and Natasha Romanoff.
Nearly Falling Into The Spiderman 3 Trap out of 5
Reader Comments (3)
All my favourite parts from the first film, which I really enjoyed, were the bits out of costume. Sounds the same here, i'll still go see it, but bit of a shame they've gone this route
Don't get me wrong its worth a watch and the suit bits are even better but its just a bit fucking chunky. You'll see what i mean.
Saw this last night. Great fun. Really enjoyed it lots. Not quite as good as 1, but better than 90% of modern superhero films.
This shows that Bay bloke that you can make sequels with more robots beating each other up than the first and still make a decent film!