He’s snarky, he’s sarcastic and his ego isn’t one to mess with.
Continuing where we left off in Iron Man, Iron Man 2 follows Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and we are in for another ride. In the beginning of the movie, the audience meets Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) the son of a famous scientist, which is learned later. After his father asses on, Ivan rummages through his things and finds a blue print for an arc reactor. Ivan creates a device that attaches to his back and surges out electricity to whips. This is just the beginning of the story, Tony is still up to his shenanigans, flying around in his Iron Man suit, showing off to his fans and flaunting his good looks. All of a sudden things start getting out of control. Tony's arc reactor isn't helping keep him alive anymore, but is killing him. Once he realizes this, Tony begins to prepare for his death and the future of Stark Industries by appointing Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), his assistant, as the CEO. He also gets out of hand at his birthday party and Lt. Col. James "Rodney" Rhodes (Don Cheadle), his friend from the military, has to take control of the situation. Rhodes then leaves with the suit and Tony down on his luck in his house. Tony meets some new characters Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Natalie Rushman or under her agent name Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson). Nick and Natasha help Tony change and understand more about his family.
Iron Man 2 has a lot of returning players to the screen; Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Clark Gregg and Jon Favreau, but the new players aren't people the audience has never heard of before. Joining these returning players on the screen is Scarlett Johnansson, Samuel L. Jackson, which the audience did see after the first Iron Man if you waited after the credit roll, Don Cheadle, who took over the role Terrance Howard played in the Iron Man and Mickey Rourke. These actors brought their A game to the screen, not missing a beat.
The editing of this movie had many parallels to the first one. In the beginning of the film, Ivan is making an arc reactor which parallels when Tony was making an arc reactor in the bunker where he was prisoned. The shot sequence is similar with the multiple angles of Ivan hard at work putting together his weapon. Another parallel is the villain open sequence, they are always walking toward Tony with a semi dramatic scene behind him. This editing technique keeps the viewer engaged in the movie, but also makes it easier for the audience to relate the movies together. The film's editing was beautifully cut and kept its flow. The audience won't see the majority of the high speed editing till the climax of the film, but Favreau likes to throw in some little nuggets around the storyline to help keep the audience's eyes glued to the screen.
With Iron Man 3 in talks, Iron Man 2 became more of an informational, midpoint film. This usually helps the audience understand the character's back story and the character evolves. Most midpoint films tend to get stuck in the informational part of the character and lose the audience in dialog, but Iron Man 2 didn't do that at all. The audience still got to see Tony stay on a similar parallel story line as the first one.
Favreau has directed both Iron Man movies and is currently working on Cowboys and Aliens. He will also have his hands in making of The Avengers which is set to be released in 2012.
Overall this movie kept all the right elements from the first Iron Man movie. I would recommend this for anyone who is a fan of the first movie, fan of Robert Downey Jr., or is a fan of the comic book series.
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