Now Iron Man 2 has a lot of plot lines. Some of the main plots include:
1: Tony keeping the Iron Man suit out of the U.S. Government's hands.
2: Stark dealing with an alcohol addiction.
3: Tony Stark dealing with an opposing weapons dealer named Justin Hammer (played by Sam Rockwell).
4: Stark trying to find a new, long-lasting material for the Arc Reactor in his chest.
5: Stark dealing with Ivan Vanko (played by Mickey Rourke) who teams up with Justin Hammer as they both plot Stark's death.
I know, it's pretty cluttered.
I feel that if the movie focused on Tony Stark keeping the Iron Man suit away from the Government, that would have been great! Or even if they focused on two of the five plots presented in the film that would be fine also! Instead the studio forced director John Favreau to crank out a sequel in only two years. If Paramount had given Favreau three years instead of two, that would have given them time to write a less cluttered script and also focus more on making the characters less one-dimensional.
The only part that is really worth watching is the final battle scene because all of the action in the trailer and perhaps the entire movie is in that scene. And that doesn't even go on for very long! Maybe a couple of minutes.
Final Report: Iron Man 2 is an overstuffed sequel with one entertaining battle sequence. This could have been better. It was wasted potential like the Star Wars prequels. At least Robert Downey Jr. was still fantastic.
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