Iron Man 2

 

Iron Man 2 (2010)

• Director: Jon Favreau
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L Jackson, Clark Gregg, John Slattery
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Robert Downey Jr – Iron Man, Avengers, Sherlock Holmes, The Soloist, Zodiac, Fur, A Scanner Darkly, Good Night and Good Luck, Richard III
• Gwyneth Paltrow – Mortdecai, Thanks for Sharing, Iron Man, Avengers, Contagion, Two Lovers, Proof, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Shakespeare in Love, Sliding Doors
• Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda, Crash, The United States of Leland, Mission to Mars, Devil in a Blue Dress
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler, Once upon a Time in Mexico, The Pledge, Get Carter, Rumble Fish
• Scarlett Johansson – so many
• Sam Rockwell – Jojo Rabbit, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Seven Psychopaths, Moon, Frost/Nixon, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Samuel L Jackson – so many
• Clark Gregg-  Much Ado about Nothing, Iron Man, Avengers, Thor, 500 Days of Summer, The Human Stain, AI
• John Slattery – Ant-Man, Mad Men, Reservation Road, Mona Lisa’s Smile, Station Agent
• Why? My addiction to superheroes
• Seen: 11 August 2023           

       Tony Stark (Downey Jr) is still awful. Forgive me for noting that he’s acting like Donald Trump - arrogant, insulting, narcissistic… Granted, he’s better looking than Trump, but capitalist privatised peace? That’s a claim Trump would make.

       But we’re supposed to feel sorry for him because he’s dying. His Iron Man suit’s radiation is killing him.

       Yeah well, the first one started out bad too, so I’ll give it a chance. The villains played by Mickey Rourke and one of my favourites Sam Rockwell are annoyingly hammy and there is far too much violent action. That’s when I check my email and FB and snooze. But there’s some entertainingly snappy dialog and Robert Downey Jr is just so good in the role. Against my better judgement... 

3* of 5