So, of course i saw this film at the cinema, but last night i watched it for the first time on dvd, so i thought i would review it, more so that i could just talk about Robert Downey Junior than anything else.
It is, overall, a highly entertaining film, and a good follow up, considering that it had huge potential to be awful. The rough story line starts with tony stark who is "out of the bag" as Iron man after self proclaiming his hero-ness, and is enjoying the life of being known and loved. Meanwhile an angry russian guy (an underplayed Mickey Rourke) plots to kill stark, and the film centres around his co-operation with Justin Hammer, (Sam Rockwell) to find a way to "out-do" Iron Man.
The plot has holes, the special effects are so-so, and re-casting Rudey with Don Cheadle was a mistake. However, Robert D.J sparkles in every scene he his in (which is luckily quite a few) and once again makes the Iron Man franchise shine. He is just pure brilliance as the eccentric, narcissistic, but thoroughly charming Tony Stark. Mickey Rourke is also pretty good as the Russian scientist (with a name that i'm not even going to try and write), but is underused, and the screen time he does have is mainly comprised of him sat there saying things in Russian. Sam Rockwell is also grossly under used. He is a brilliant and vibrant actor, in a really quite rubbish role. Neither the character or the actor do justice to each other. Scarlett Johanson is also wrongly cast, bringing no personality to a dull character, and Jon Favreau obviously thinks that directing is not enough by giving himself a cringeworthy "fight" scene.
I would like this film, if the only character was Tony Stark. In fact, I may like it a bit more if it was just the Tony Stark show, but that's irrelevant. My point is, is that Robert D.J makes this film, and that by me, is more than fine.
Enjoyment factor - 4/5 The film as a whole - 3/5
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