Iron Man 2

                On May 7, 2010 the second installment of the Iron Man trilogy was released. This movie was simply called, Iron Man 2. This was the third installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This movie grossed over $623.9 million worldwide at the box office.

                Iron Man 2 takes place 6 months after the events of the first Iron Man. Tony Stark is considered a superstar and uses his suit for peaceful means while refusing to give over the technology to the government. Stark also realizes that the arc reactor that is keeping him alive is also poisoning him. He becomes reckless because he knows he will die soon because of this poisoning but he decides to not tell anyone. Meanwhile, Ivan Vanko is secretly making a suit similar to Starks.

                Vanko attacks Stark in the middle of a race but Stark manages to defeat him. Starks rival, Justin Hammer, breaks Vanko out of jail and tells him to build a line of suits that will defeat Stark. Stark gets into a fight with his friend Rhodes when Stark gets drunk at his birthday party. Rhodes takes one of Stark’s earlier suits for the U.S. Air Force. Stark meets with S.H.I.E.L.D.’s director Nick Fury who tells Stark that his father knew Vanko’s father and that his father invented a new element. Stark puts this new element into is arc reactor so that he is no longer being poisoned by it.

                Hammer reveals his armored drones at an expo for weapons. These drones were led by Rhodes who didn’t know that Hammer was the bad guy. Stark shows up to try and warn Rhodes but Vanko takes over control of the drones and of Rhodes armor. Vanko gets in his own suit of armor while Rhodes gets control of his armor back. Rhodes and Stark work together to defeat Vanko and his drones. Vanko commits suicide by blowing up his suit.

                After the big fight scene happens, Marvel throws in some small references to old and future movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As Fury talks to Stark there is news footage on of the Hulk going on a rampage. Fury tells Stark that he will only be used a consultant for S.H.I.E.L.D. Also after the credits a S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reports the discovery of a large hammer at the bottom of a crate in New Mexico. This is a reference to the movie Thor which Marvel creates after Iron Man.

                Iron Man 2 wasn’t quite as good as the first one but was still very good. Robert Downey Jr. does an amazing job playing Tony Stark in this movie as well. The fighting sequences in this movie were as good if not better than the first one. The fact that there are more than just 2 suits going at it makes the fights more action packed and exciting.  I liked how in this movie Rhodes played a bigger part. I really like his character and was happy that he got his own suit. Even with all of this, Iron Man 2 wasn’t as good as the first one in my opinion.

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