SUMMARY (from IMDB): With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must contend with both his declining health and a vengeful mad man with ties to his father's legacy.
MY THOUGHTS:
Iron Man 2 has a bit of a mid-life crisis as a film, or maybe it is going through puberty.
While it is still rather watchable and adds important elements both to Tony Stark’s story and to the Marvel cinematic universe, it would probably be better if it was shorter. Some action parts, in particularly, are too long and dragged out to my taste.
Talking about mid-life crisis, Tony Stark is definitely going through one, reverting to his old self-centred, partying, extravagant behaviour as he faces his existential issues. Absorbed in self-pity while searching a means for self-preservation, he neglects his company and the conspiracies of his competitor, so much so that his best friend turns against him, prompted by the government, and his faithful assistant almost gives up on him.
It takes SHIELD stepping in, forcing him to face his father’s legacy to find a solution to his problem – resolving his misguided resentment against Howard Stark on the way – for Tony to get himself together and save himself and the world, sort of, in the process.
While Tony’s so-called mid-life crisis was somewhat irritating, it was great seeing his genius at work again. And I loved the appearances of agent Coulson and Natasha Romanoff. And Pepper. Everything would have gone (even more) awry for Tony without Pepper.
In conclusion, Iron Man 2 doesn’t quite reach the quality of its predecessor, but it is still a good film. 
RECOMMENDATION: If you loved Iron Man, the sequel is almost a must watch.
I love the genius! And I admit, this movie has one of my favorite bad guys. Whiplash, I think he's called? The big Russian genius. I really enjoyed him.
ReplyDeleteThe genius is awesome. And Whiplash is a cool villain, I enjoyed him, too.
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