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After revealing that he is Iron Man businessman Tony Stark is loving the media attention. Tony is just enjoying being Iron Man and thinking that he has rid the world of evil and that the Iron Man suit is a revolutionary crime fighting tool. The government however would like to get their hands on the Iron Man technology and use it to mass produce soldiers and have an advantage in the war. Tony is being pursued by Justin Hammer an ego centric government official who thinks that he has the brains and the money to challenge Stark on the technological front. As all this takes place Ivan Vanko plans to attack Stark Industries for leaving his father jobless and broken.
There is a lot happening in Iron Man 2 and you would think that it would be enough for the plot to keep flowing smoothly with the final product being an action packed thrill ride. However they somehow managed to add too much to a film that everyone was already anticipating. They had Stark trying to stop himself from dieing.They had Stark being interviewed by Fury and cracking jokes about his eye patch. They had Stark drinking and fighting with the one friend he has. They had Stark questioning the sudden appearance of Natasha. But ultimately and this was the story that seemed lost they had Stark battling Vanko who during the film had been recruited by Hammer to design a suit that could better the Iron Man suit.
Tony Stark: I'm not saying I'm responsible for this country's longest run of uninterrupted peace in 35 years! I'm not saying that from the ashes of captivity, never has a Phoenix metaphor been more personified! I'm not saying Uncle Sam can kick back on a long chair, sipping on an ice tea, because I haven't come across anyone man enough to face me on my best day!
Robert Downey Jr is the perfect choice for Tony Stark. Downey is just so perfect at capturing the smug narcissism of Tony Stark, or as many people might see it the confidence that Stark has in his own work. However you see it one cannot deny that despite all the things that may have been crammed into Iron Man 2 Downey as Stark is not a let down. He continues to play the character exactly the way he was written in the comics and he even looks similar to the way Stark has been drawn in the best. As a whole Iron Man 2 may have been a let down in some aspects but as a fan of the series and Robert Downey Jr I am confident that this franchise can bounce back and be better then ever with its third installment. There are a few things that must be present in order for this franchise to do that. Scrap the appearances by Sam Jackson as Fury and stop the whole will he wont he story with the whole idea of them creating the avengers. I think we all know that Iron Man will be part of the avengers. Also for a third installment bring in the alcoholism factor, they gave us a glimpse but never really showed how it stopped Stark from being Iron Man and saving the world. Just slow down the pace and focus more on the adult issues that Tony Stark has always been faced with in the comics.If you create the Stark from the comics these Iron Man movies would not be for kids, but instead they just have Stark parading his confidence and blowing things up.
For a fan of the Iron Man comics and a fan of the first film that did not do a lot of developing with the character of Stark, instead they just brought a supporting cast full of big names to hype the film. I am slightly disappointed in the final product for a film that I had seriously been anticipating since 2008. Oh well there is hope for the future.
7/10
