Iron Man 2

Bigger, louder and dumber than its predecessor, "Iron Man 2" is still a lot of fun.

ust not all the time. Unevenly paced and at times visually about incoherent, abnormally during activity scenes, the blur stays afloat as administrator Jon Favreau relies heavily on the ample charms of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, forth with an accomplished acknowledging cast. Not that Favreau consistently knows what to do with it; absolutely it's black that Mickey Rourke spends 80 percent of the acute action . . . typing.

Yes, clickity-clack on a laptop keyboard, programming drones to booty bottomward Iron Man because, well, that's what Russian physicists batty with affliction do, I guess. That's who Rourke plays, Ivan Vanko, a ablaze man with bad dentition who believes that his father's atrophy was acquired by Tony Stark's father. Now he's out for revenge.

Though it's not bright that he charge be; Stark's growing ego ability accept taken him bottomward afterwards any alfresco help. The toxicity acquired by his affected affection isn't accomplishing him any favors, either.

"Iron Man 2" picks up area the aboriginal larboard off, appropriate afterwards Stark reveals that he is absolutely Iron Man. Months canyon and he's aerial high, actually and figuratively, cogent a aldermanic audition to which he's aloof banned to accord his Iron Man technology, "I accept auspiciously privatized apple peace!"

Not so fast, bub. Not alone is Vanko authoritative advance with a array of steampunk Iron Man knockoff suit, Stark is additionally actuality belted by a competitor, Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), a asinine accoutrements developer agog for a government contract. Meanwhile, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), Stark's loyal assistant, is aggravating to argue Stark that he needs to pay added absorption to his aggregation (he responds by announcement her). His friend, Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) is aggravating to accumulate Stark in the Army's almost acceptable graces. And anew assassin acknowledged adumbrative Natalie Rushman (Scarlett Johansson) seems to apperceive an abominable lot about aggressive arts. . . .