Super Frat

Finally, I got to see a movie on opening night so my review is actually relevant. The good news is, Iron Man 2 is pretty awesome and totally worth seeing. It some ways, it falls a little short of the first one, but makes up for it in very solid performances and several fun scenes. Downey, as always, is totally on his A-game. He makes it seem so effortless and out-acts almost the entire cast, except maybe Rourke, who holds his own.

The plot is a bit convoluted, but basically Rourke is the son of the man who Tony Stark’s father ruined. He comes back for revenge. Sam Rockwell is Stark’s competitor, trying to steal his secrets and Gary Shandling is the senator that tries to use his clout to take the Iron Man suit.

Don Cheadle doesn’t really get to do much. As War Machine he does have two pretty good fight scenes, but the friendship is just sort of barely there. Favreau never answers the bigger question about how the two friends deal with the fact that Rhodes steals one of the Iron Man suits, but I’m nitpicking. You’ll probably have so much fun watching it, you won’t really care.

Iron Man 2 is just a piece of a puzzle called The Avengers and what will probably be Iron Man 3. The movie is solid, the emotional development of the character is pretty minimal. Even Downey’s frantic energy can emote it all. Again, you probably won’t care. Stay for after the credits, there is another teaser for the next Marvel movie.

I give Iron Man 2 a solid 8 out of 10 keggers. Oh and Scarlett is hot. Sadly, no nudity or girl kissing, but hey, you can’t have everything. Gwyneth Paltrow ain’t lookin’ too shabby either. Go see it. You won’t be disappointed.