Iron Man 2

So I went into the theatre a little wary when Iron Man 2 debuted.  Somethingawful.com had given it a review that was less than flattering calling it an hour and a half long teaser for the Avengers and while there is a fair amount of hints at the future tie-in I have to say that the film itself was actually really enjoyable. 

While the movie itself was not as good as the first film in my opinion it still had a lot of good things going for it, for example Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, and Robert Downey Jr. all give good performances. Don Cheadle does a solid job as well however I have to say that I miss Terence Howard in the role as War Machine.

There are some flaws of course, The movie really emphasizes the whole invincible part of The Invincible Iron Man  as Iron Man never really seems to be in much danger, in fact I think maybe 1 person gets seriously hurt in the entire movie, the rest of it is just Iron Man and War Machine shrugging off bullets and having a jolly old time kicking ass. The Monaco raceway scene is definitely one not to be missed but in all I felt like the action took a back seat.

This movie is definitely worth a watch, however if you really want to see some superheroes messing up thugs I would still go see Kick-Ass before it is too late.