After Tony Stark announces to the World that he's Iron Man. He faces many problems in his Life, His Lifesource is Poisoning him, The US Government wants his tech, and someone's out to kill Stark. That Someone is Ivan Vanko, Son of Anton Vanko who worked with Tony's Father Howard, But Howard then sent Anton to Russia. Ivan trys to kill Tony Stark at a Grand Prix in Monaco but Ivan is then arrested. However Tony's Rival Justin Hammer helps Vanko escape from Prison and Hires Vanko to create to Suits similar to Tonys. Tony also assigns his Assistant Pepper Potts as CEO of Stark Industries. It's now up to Tony to defeat Ivan and Hammer and to fix his Arc Reactor before he can die. Now that Tony Stark has revealed to the world that he is Iron Man, the entire world is now eager to get their hands on his hot technology - whether it's the United States government, weapons contractors, or someone else. That someone else happens to be Ivan Vanko - the son of now deceased Anton Vanko, Howard Stark's former partner. Stark had Vanko banished to Russia for conspiring to commit treason against the US, and now Ivan wants revenge against Tony - and he's willing to get it at any cost. But after being humiliated in front of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, rival weapons contractor Justin Hammer sees Ivan as the key to upping his status against Stark Enterprises after an attack on the Monaco 500. But an ailing Tony has to figure out a way to save himself, get Vanko, and get Hammer before the government shows up and takes his beloved suits away. And can he figure out what a mysterious figure named Nick Fury wants with him? Perhaps because he is primarily an actor, director Jon Favreau graciously gives actor Robert Downey Jr room to run wild in "Iron Man 2". Favreau, who even plays Downey's servant within the film, turns the reigns almost entirely over to his leading man, every sequence designed to both make him look good, and submit us to his iron will.<br/><br/>Indeed, Downey isn't just "Iron Man" in this film, he's a manic God, manipulating machines, computers, TV screens, existing 3 steps above the rest of his cast and outsmarting everyone, either physically or via witty comments. And when Iron Man's not dancing on stages, applauded by audiences or wooing women, he's taking part in action sequences which first require him to order disc jockey's to fire up some music. Every thing Downey does here is self-consciously a theatrical performance. Ironic meta-acting taken to the extreme, no longer does the action hero merely wink at the audience ("Indiana Jones", "Die Hard" etc). No, meta has gone one step more meta, the actor now playing the god, playing the god, playing the god in the machine. It's not only a question of super-reflexivity, of postmodern irony squared, but rather, a kind of contempt for all material. With plot pastiched to hell, reinvigoration has nowhere else to go but inward, the actor now as fragmented and cut-and-pasted as the film he's in.<br/><br/>Compensating for this fragmentation is Downey's own need to dominate. His need to be the deity outside the character playing the character playing the character. Compare this to the straight faced Joker in "Dark Knight" who, despite supposedly being an anarchist, looks completely old-school next to the freewheeling Downey (or Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow).<br/><br/>Interestingly, unlike most superheroes, "Iron Man" has no need for anonymity. He's pure ego, allowed to be a celebrity, a public figure, a playboy, a rich kid, a toy maker, an invincible muscle man, a billionaire industrialist and a one man military industrial complex. While most superheroes function as power fantasies, "Iron Man" goes several steps beyond. He's a very white, Western, 21st century fantasy. A celebrity superhero for the reality TV generation; everyone must know his name.<br/><br/>Whilst Favreau is gracious to Downey, submitting the film to the actor's improvisational talents, he also provides space for his film's other heavyweights – Sam Rockwell and Mickey Rourke - to run wild. Rockwell hams things up, Rourke goes to Brando lengths to internalise his character and Don Cheadle projects his usual air of noble earnestness. Beyond this, all three characters are poorly written.<br/><br/>Surprisingly, the film rectifies the big mistake of the first "Iron" film in that it mercilessly removes much of its dull action scenes. Aside from one surprisingly good sequence in which actress Scarlett Johansen engages in a bit of martial artistry – the best pop-corn wire-work since the Nightcrawler sequence which opens "X-Men 2" – the film downplays action in favour for sitcom level rapid fire banter. This has ticked off audiences, but spectacle is largely dead. Most recent films praised for their action ("Avatar" et al) are completely inept, turgid and/or outdated.<br/><br/>Of course, thematically the film is horrendous. At times it looks as though Faverau wants to use Rourke as a tool to highlight Western blow-back, the hypocrisy of peacekeepers like Iron Man and their dark pasts, but the film steers clear of these things. It knows that treating the Rourke character seriously would take things in a direction audiences can't handle, so Rourke is repeatedly pushed off into the sidelines. The result is the usual Hollywood fascism: a message of anti-militarism married to gleeful explosions, hardware and mayhem.<br/><br/>7.5/10 – "Iron Man 2" is all about Robert Downey's iron penis. About performance. About a kind of self-conscious, actorly domination, Downey dazzling us as he goes off on his insane jazz rifts. Now all the franchise needs is Shane Black and an R rating ala "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang".<br/><br/>Worth one viewing. I saw this at a free preview in Singapore, so reviewing it seems like the least I can do. More importantly, not only was it great value for a free viewing, but I plan to pay to see it again later this week.<br/><br/>Sequels almost always suck, so I was expecting to be disappointed, especially as I loved the first movie (and I'm not a comic book movie fan, generally).<br/><br/>Robert Downey Jr is just great, again! Iron Man, and now IronMan 2, is warm, and funny, and entertaining… because Downey is.<br/><br/>Supporting characters from last time (Paltrow, Cheadle, Favreau) were fine, and provided continuity. Cheadle had a bit more this time, so we got the bromance thang going.<br/><br/>This time Stark's joined by a bunch of new characters. Sam Rockwell was thoroughly entertaining as his arch-rival Justin Hammer, very funny. Scarlett Johansson got to wear some skin-tight outfit as an ass-kicking Russian spy, nice. Samuel L. Jackson, shows up briefly (but very coolly) as a one-eyed spy boss. And the resurrected Mickey Rourke shows off his Russian accent as the vengeful genius with a grudge, and a neat turn in remote controlled drone (very topical) Iron Men.<br/><br/>And let's not forget the Ironettes! Even the AC/DC soundtrack was OK (and I loathe AC/DC, they're so last century).<br/><br/>If you liked Iron Man, you'll like Iron Man 2. What more do you want, buddy? With this depressingly bland sequel (scripted by snark specialist Justin Theroux), he’s (Robert Downey Jr.) stranded in lightweight arrogance. Now that his identity as Iron Man has been made public, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (<a href="/name/nm0000375/">Robert Downey Jr.</a>) is being pressured by the government, the public, and the press to share his technology with the military. Meanwhile, Russian physicist Ivan Vanko (<a href="/name/nm0000620/">Mickey Rourke</a>), whose father was once partners with Tony's father, has recently partnered with rival weapons contractor Justin Hammer (<a href="/name/nm0005377/">Sam Rockwell</a>), planning to create Iron Man drones to demonstrate at the Stark Weapons Expo. On top of that, Tony discovers that his body is slowly being poisoned by the palladium in the arc reactor that keeps the shrapnel from piercing his heart. Expecting to die within the year, he appoints his former personal assistant Pepper Potts (<a href="/name/nm0000569/">Gwyneth Paltrow</a>) to the position of CEO of Stark Industries, replacing her with Natalie Rushman (<a href="/name/nm0424060/">Scarlett Johansson</a>), who isn't all that she seems. Iron Man 2 is the second movie in American director Jon Favreau's Iron Man series, preceded by <a href="/title/tt0371746/">Iron Man (2008)</a> (2008) and followed by <a href="/title/tt1300854/">Iron Man 3 (2013)</a> (2013). The Iron Man character is based on a comic book of the same name created by Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee and artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. Iron Man first appeared in issue #39 of Tales of Suspense (March 1963). The screenplay for Iron Man 2 was written by American screenwriter Justin Theroux. The sequel takes place six months after the first one. The first scene of the film directly follows the ending of the first one, then after that scene, the film's timeline jumps forward six months. Iron Man, of course, plus War Machine (<a href="/name/nm0000332/">Don Cheadle</a>), Nick Fury (<a href="/name/nm0000168/">Samuel L. Jackson</a>), and Black Widow appear. There are references to at least three other superheros: the Hulk is referenced in a news report of the aftermath of his university battle, Captain America's shield is featured, and Thor's hammer (Mjolnir) is seen after the end credits. Finally, 7 years after the release of the film, Marvel confirmed a long-held fan theory that the boy wearing the Iron Man helmet who is saved by Tony is a young Peter Parker (Spider-Man), although they did not reveal if this was an intentional Easter Egg or a retcon. There are two versions of Nick Fury. The white Nick Fury is the original and has appeared in Marvel's comic books since 1964. This version of Nick Fury was depicted by <a href="/name/nm0001327/">David Hasselhoff</a> in the 1998 TV movie, <a href="/title/tt0119781/">Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)</a>. In 2001 Marvel released a new line of comic books called Ultimate Marvel. This was a reboot that updated and streamlined all of Marvel's classic characters. Some characters were radically changed. The Ultimate Marvel version of Nick Fury was made black and designed, with the actor's permission, to look like Samuel L. Jackson. Both classic Marvel and Ultimate Marvel comics are released side-by-side, which means both versions of Nick Fury are available in comic books today. The Ultimate version has proven popular enough that it has been used as the basis for Nick Fury in the recent Marvel movies. Natalie doesn't speak with a Russian accent because she doesn't want anyone to suspect her of being a Russian agent. In <a href="/title/tt0848228/">The Avengers (2012)</a> (2012), Natalie mentions that she is indeed Russian, but also implies that she wants to distance herself from that fact; another good reason for dropping the accent. It is called the Swinging Sticks. Howard Stark (Tony's father) built and designed Captain America's suit and also the shield. In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), we see that Howard Stark had made quite a few prototypes for Cap's shield and Rogers picked one, (which was the simplest design in the shop) and was the one he was frozen with. It's likely the shield that Tony has is just one of the prototypes. As we see it is incomplete and very likely not made of Vibranium, the material of the actual shield. In the comics series, Stark had outfitted the shield with electronic components to enhance it's flight capabilities, i.e., to make it more accurate for Cap when he'd throw it as a weapon. However, Cap decided later to have the electronics removed because he said they decreased the shield's accuracy. The shield shown in this movie could be a version of the electronically enhanced one and is meant to be an Easter Egg of sorts. Both this film and the previous both imply that Tony likes to drink heavily. In this film, Pepper asks, "Are you drunk?", when Stark offers her the CEO position, and Stark also gets extremely drunk during a party later in the film and starts recklessly destroying things in his own house while wearing the Iron Man suit. This film addresses the alcoholism more directly than the first but no characters say conclusively that Tony has a drinking problem. And, as we see during the progression of the story, Tony stops drinking entirely to focus on creating his new element and stopping Justin Hammer & Vanko. "The football" is a term used by the US Secret Service to refer to the black briefcase that one agent always carries with them wherever the US President goes—it's a specialized control panel that allows access to launch codes in the event that the President has to launch a nuclear counter-strike if his country is attacked. The briefcase is also sometimes called "the black box". Stark's briefcase armor is housed in a similar case which, like real one, is handcuffed to Happy Hogan's wrist. For fun, the writers took a cue from the real thing. After defeating Vanko's drones, Iron Man and War Machine confront Vanko, who has outfitted himself in body armor that also includes his whips. Working together, Tony and Rhodey finally take Vanko out by firing their repulsor rays at each other, causing a large explosion. As Vanko lays defeated, he smiles and says, "You lose." Suddenly, the arc reactors in the downed drones begin to glow red, and Rhodey realizes that they are rigged to blow. Tony quickly flies to the Expo Center to rescue Pepper, who is so stressed out that she quits the position as CEO and, for the first time, she and Tony share a kiss. Later, at a debriefing, Fury informs Tony that, due to his impulsive behavior and narcissistic personality, they no longer want him to become an Avenger but that they would like to retain him as a consultant. Tony agrees to serve as a consultant on the condition that Senator Stern (<a href="/name/nm0788009/">Garry Shandling</a>) presents him and Rhodey with their medals for bravery. In a post-credits scene, SHIELD agent Coulson (<a href="/name/nm0163988/">Clark Gregg</a>) is seen driving to a remote impact crater in the New Mexico desert. As he informs Fury over the phone that they've "found it", the crater is shown to contain Mjölnir, the hammer of Thor. Only some of them. All cinematic material made under the Marvel Studios banner, e.g., <a href="/title/tt0371746/">Iron Man (2008)</a> (2008), <a href="/title/tt0800080/">The Incredible Hulk (2008)</a> (2008), <a href="/title/tt0800369/">Thor (2011)</a> (2011) and(2011), are all set in the same universe (known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe), with the characters crossing over (most notably SHIELD personnel—Fury, Coulson, Romanoff or Barton), culminating in <a href="/title/tt0848228/">The Avengers (2012)</a> (2012) which ties these films together. Marvel Studios also owns/owned The Punisher and Blade, however <a href="/title/tt0330793/">The Punisher (2004)</a> (2004), <a href="/title/tt0450314/">Punisher: War Zone (2008)</a> (2008), <a href="/title/tt0120611/">Blade (1998)</a> (1998), <a href="/title/tt0187738/">Blade II (2002)</a> (2002) and <a href="/title/tt0359013/">Blade: Trinity (2004)</a> (2004) are/were not in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Other Marvel-based films owned by other studios are not set in the MCU, due to differing ownership. This includes, for example: <a href="/title/tt0145487/">Spider-Man (2002)</a> (2002) and <a href="/title/tt0259324/">Ghost Rider (2007)</a> (2007) (both owned by Sony); <a href="/title/tt0120903/">X-Men (2000)</a> (2000), <a href="/title/tt0120667/">Fantastic Four (2005)</a> (2005), and <a href="/title/tt0287978/">Daredevil (2003)</a> (2003) (all owned by Fox). However, due to a deal made between Marvel and Sony, Spider-man has been able to appear in the MCU since 2016, starting with a brief appearance in <a href="/title/tt3498820/">Captain America: Civil War (2016)</a>, and followed by a starring appearance in <a href="/title/tt2250912/">Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)</a>. Stan Lee is dressed as Larry King when Tony Stark is leaving the Stark Expo. For a variety of reasons, Marvel chose to offer the role to Don Cheadle, and he accepted. There is no verified information as to why there was a split between <a href="/name/nm0005024/">Terrence Howard</a> and Marvel, other than they wanted their original choice of Cheadle. There was a lot of speculation that Howard was replaced over contract negotiations. Already the highest paid in Iron Man, he had wanted more money for taking on a bigger role and also because the first movie had done so well. But Marvel did not want to renegotiate, and Howard was subsequently replaced. This is the version from Howard and has never been confirmed officially by Marvel. Three scenes didn't make it to the theatrical release. (1) Natasha Romanoff tries out one of Tony Stark's repulsors, and Tony says, "Nail it!". (2) Natasha says, "Is it dirty enough?" Stark replies, "It's getting there." (Natasha's line remains; Stark's reply was cut.). (3) In the back of the plane, as he prepares to fly to the Stark Convention in Queens, New York, Pepper holds the Iron Man helmet. Tony says, "Give me a smooch, I might not make it back." Pepper responds by kissing the mouth of the Iron Man mask and saying, "Go get 'em boss." She throws it out of the aircraft; Tony says, "You complete me", and jumps out after it. a5c7b9f00b Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials full movie in hindi downloadThe Final Showdown: Part 1 malayalam movie downloadLeitis movie download hdA Great Man full movie hd 720p free downloadthe Band of Brothers full movie in hindi free downloadEpisode 1.234 online freeBold Beginnings! movie free download in hindiThe Taking of Pelham 123 tamil pdf downloadtamil movie dubbed in hindi free download Dragon Ball SuperThe Pyramid tamil dubbed movie free download
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