It was one of my homies’ birthday last night and it was also the day that Iron Man 2 premiered nationwide, I’ve waited a hell of a long time for this film to drop so I decided to go watch it at 12:45pm at the IMAX. It’s usually 12 year old kids/nerds that go so early, I fit into the latter category. The film was beyond dope. Full review after the cut. *spoilers*
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The trailer for those of you who have been living under a rock
Watching any film at the IMAX is always a mind blowing experience, the size of the screen and the quality of the surround system is next level compared to the usual cinema. I won’t really go into too much detail as I don’t want to ruin the film, it’s definitely a must watch.
The film starts off with Tony Stark‘s vain ass introductory speech at the Stark Enterprise Exhibition, if ya’ll can remember the end of the last film…you’ll know that Iron Man unveiled his identity to the public. They know idolise him and see him as a key figure in global peace which he obviously knows and this immensely increases the size of ego. The scene itself which involves him jumping off a plane in the suit and dodging past fireworks was insane graphically, my eyes couldn’t actually keep up with the it due to the size of the screen.
Chris Brown definitely had his way on this guy’s face
Interesting start to the film already as they next introduce the ‘bad’ guy of the film, a Russian physicist, Ivan Vanko who is played by Mickey Rourke. Honestly I don’t think he required make-up, dude has effed up his face with plastic surgery to the point where he would have made Michael Jackson look somewhat normal. The scene basically sets the tone of the whole film; Anton Vankev his father is on his deathbed (sofa in this case) watching Tony gloat about himself being the new Jesus and he tells his son that he’s the one who should be in his place. Like most super hero films the bad guy has a justified reason of going after the man in the suit, this time it’s because Tony’s dad screwed over the Russian’s father. Funny how the Hero is American and the bad guy is Russian? no objection to that though, I’ve got some issues with Russians too. *ahem*
Just like Tony, Ivan has also inherited an amazing set of skills which he uses to create his own suit to seek revenge. Back in the US, Tony has been summoned before the Senate committee who are determined to get the Iron Man suit’s blueprints off him for military use. Stark’s joke of an enemy is one of the experts called to the hearing, Justin Hammer. He’s a former competitor from the days when Stark Enterprises created weaponry. Sam Rockwell plays Justin Hammer and he totally kills the role as the slimey scumbag pulling all the strings behind the scenes. Another person called up to the board was James ‘Rhodey‘ Rhodes, Iron Man’s best friend but this backfies on the committee and results in Stark winning. That’s not the end of Hammer’s bid to take down Tony Stark though. After this Tony decides to handover the company to his girlfriend and assistant, Pepper Potts. The papers were drawn up and brought to his mansion by a new character Natalie Rushman played by Scarlett Johansson. I’m sure every guy in the cinema’s jaw dropped because mine definitely did. Her character makes an impression on Tony which results in her later becoming Pepper’s assistant.
That suit looks like a piece of ‘Good God’ wrapped up in some ‘Have Mercy,’ with a side of ‘Ummph!’”
They head to Monaco for the F1 and business where the egotistic Tony decides to do his usual showing off and take part in the race. Cue Whiplash aka Ivan Vanko, he decides to invade the race track and go head to head with Iron Man himself. Obviously this results in Tony taking a beating before Pepper coming to save the day with his portable Iron Man suit, sheeesh I could do with something like that every time TFL fucks up the underground. This results in Ivan ending up in Jail only to be saved by a certain slime ball for his own projects but you know the bad guy doesn’t like having a boss and has his own secret motives.
Later on Tony loses his way and when it comes closer to his birthday as he thinks it will be his last due to his condition (not telling you what exactly it is!) and goes all out and decides to get shit-faced while in his Iron Man suit. Bad combo, it’s probably more fatal than mixing alcohol and drugs. Rhodey comes to the rescue in one of Tony’s many suits and has to face off with a drunken Iron Man. Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) steps in after this and gives Tony some much needed guidance in his road to recovery/finding a cure to his condition. From this point onwards things just brew up for a big finish to the film with Vanko returning to wreak some havoc. I’ll stop there as I don’t want to spoil anymore of it for ya’ll.
The film is exceptionally well made with plenty of dope CGI and special effects. John Favreau does a great job with the sequel as many expected it to be a flop but it’s the total opposite. The actor’s performances were all amazing but special praise should go to Robert Downey Jr and Sam Rockwell as they both killed their roles. Action-comedy at it’s finest. In my opinion it’s the best superhero film since Dark Knight, no joke. I want to watch it again at the cinema and i’ve always ever done that once before which was for Dark Knight. I watched that film 3 times at the cinema. I’m not great with movie reviews but I hope that was helpful, it feels like I’ve just written an essay.
I’ll give this film 4.5/5. I dream of becoming Iron Man one day. #geekdreams
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