Gwyneth Paltrow, Best Actress Oscar winner for Shakespeare in Love, and Academy Award nominee Robert Downey Jr. arrive at the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2, held on April 26 at the El Capitan Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.
Now that the whole world knows about his dual-identity secret, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the US government, the media, and the public at large to share his technology with the American military in Iron Man 2.
Stark, however, is not willing to let such potentially destructive technology fall in the wrong hands. And there are lots of wrong hands out there, both within the military and elsewhere.
As a result, the inventor relies on the assistance of Pepper Potts (Paltrow) and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) to protect himself and his iron suit, while attempting to make new friends along the way. All the while, he also has to face some incredibly powerful enemies.
Iron Man 2 has been one of the most eagerly awaited movies of the season, but thus far reviews have not been exactly positive.
Directed by Favreau from a screenplay by Justin Theroux, in addition to Downey Jr, Cheadle, and Paltrow, Iron Man 2 stars Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke,Kate Mara, Samuel L. Jackson, Garry Shandling, and Paul Bettany.
(Photo by Michael Buckner/WireImage)
(Photo by Michael Buckner/WireImage)
Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson arrive at the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2, starring Robert Downey Jr in the title role, held on April 26 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
(Photo by Michael Buckner/WireImage)
Veteran Sylvester Stallone, best known for his Rocky and Rambo movies, and Academy Award nominee Robert Downey Jr arrive at the world premiere of Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2, held on April 26 at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Iron Man 2 reviews: Not on a par with the original
Reviews for the blockbuster-to-be Iron Man 2 have generally ranged from positive with reservations to downright negative. The original Iron Man has become the Tin Man, to paraphrase The Hollywood Reporter’s reviewer. See below snippets from a handful of Iron Man 2 reviews.
“The dialogue crackles, the special effects pop and the onscreen action never flags, climaxing with an astonishing multi-car pileup at the Monaco Grand Prix, where Iron Man meets his nemesis Vanko, a.k.a. Whiplash, for the first time. So far, so excellent: Favreau builds on the solid foundations of the first movie, and success looks guaranteed. But slowly, imperceptibly, it all starts to fall apart during the remaining hour or so.” Tom Huddleston in Time Out.
“Well, that didn’t take long. Everything fun and terrific about Iron Man, a mere two years ago, has vanished with its sequel. In its place, Iron Man 2 has substituted noise, confusion, multiple villains, irrelevant stunts and misguided story lines. A film series that started out with critical and commercial success will have to settle for only the latter with this sequel. Robert Downey Jr.’s return as Tony Stark/Iron Man will assure that.” Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter.
“It may be hard for anyone to claim that Iron Man 2 is nearly as mindblowingly amazing as the first movie was for its time, though it’s still better than 95 percent of the movies based on Marvel Comics characters.” Edward Douglas at ComingSoon.net.
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