Iron Man 2
Paramount
R4 DVD
Iron Man 2
follows on six months after the first movie. It works to expand on the themes
of the original film and add extra depth by exploring the ARC technology, the
significance of S.H.I.E.L.D and Stark’sbattles
against the government as well as nefarious Russian. It sustains the sarcastic
wit of Robert Downey Jnr which gave the original film such an edge, without him
the film would just be another superhero film.
Tony
Stark has used his “Iron Man” suit to bring peace and praise from the public.
While this has swelled his ego to breaking point it has also created an impasse
with the government which doesn’t like such a weapon in the hands of private
enterprise.
When
Stark is called before a government hearing, he humiliates Senator Stern (Gary Shandling) by proving that no other country is within ten
years of developing the Iron man technology and along the way shames his river
Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) of Hammer technologies. While this is all well and
good things are happening behind the scenes.
Stark
is dying from the effect of the power generator at his heart and is having no
success finding a replacement power source. In desperation he puts his personal
assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) in charge of
the company and retreats to the races in Monaco.
In
Monaco he recklessly decides to take the company owned speedstar
for a spin. Unbeknownst to Stark Ivan Vanko (Mickely Rourke) whose father was
shafted by Star Industries appears to take revenge. He has built his own form
of Iron Man suit with long electro whips, confronted by Vanko
Stark dons his outfit and takes control but not before world opinion has
changed. The government is now terrified the technology of the suit is in
private hands and public opinion turns against Stark seeing him as reckless.
Things
go from bad to worse as he battles against the government who wants his
technology, Hammer industries who have sprung Vanko from jail and are using him for their own purposes
and his own fast approaching demise.
He
also has to deal with Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) of S.H.I.E.L.D who
confronts him about his reckless ways and imparts some well needed information
about his father. Soon Stark discovers a new power source but only just in time
as he must deal with robot minions Vanko has created
for Hammer and with Vanko himself in a final
showdown.
This
is certainly a worthy sequel with solid character development shown in Stark, Vanko and even Pepper Potts. The new subplot involving
S.H.I.E.L.D and their sexy secret agent works well and the act is at even more
of a fever pitch than the first film. Iron Man 2 is a good mix of Hollywood
blockbuster and a witty, intelligent action film, it is definitely worth
seeing.
Reviews appear on the Synergy website with
a single cover image. In the digital and print edition, reviews appear with
multiple images and with expanded content.
This review will appear in Volume 3 No. 5 of the digital and print
edition of Synergy.
We recommend you download
the free digital edition (or buy the print edition)
to get the most from Synergy. The print and digital editions of Synergy also
include a large selection of articles and features not found on the website. If
you have a limited download quota you can view the digital edition via the Issuu viewer on the digital edition page.
If you came to this page directly (and
missed our menu), click here to go to the
front page of Synergy Website or use the following link: http://www.synergy-magazine.com