The first Iron Man (2008) was a great start to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and after the underrated Marvel Studios movie The Incredible Hulk (2008), you have the Iron Man sequel; the sequel Iron Man 2 (2010) is ok, but the first movie was way better in how it is executed and how it focuses on one plotline. Though Iron Man 2 (2010) is not as good as the first film, it has good performances, fun action, good effects, and good ideas in the premise; but most of the issues involves the main villain, the multiple plotlines, parts of the premise that do not work, and the parts that are good ideas but not executed well despite having potential to be good.

Once again Robert Downey Jr. Is great as Tony Stark/Iron Man, going through his competitors trying to take him down, his arc reactor slowly killing him, and keeping his Iron Man armor/weapons to the U. S Government; I like how he tries to save himself from his arc reactor while also trying to deal with a problem involving a competitor and a villain from the past. Rhodey, played well by Don Cheadle, is trying to help his friend Tony Stark from having his tech to get into the U. S. Government, until he gets his own suit called War Machine which leads to great scenes with Iron Man that is cool to watch. Also, though Gwyneth Paltrow once again is great as Pepper Potts, she does not do much except become CEO of Stark Industries and try to talk Tony Stark out of making reckless decisions.

The main villain is Ivan Vanko/Whiplash played ok by Mickey Rourke, and he was not that good of a villain despite having a backstory that involves his father and Tony Stark; the other antagonist is Tony Stark's competitor Justin Hammer played fine by Sam Rockwell, and he just gets Ivan Vanko/Whiplash to work with him and go up against Stark Industries. Despite there being good effects and fun action involving the Iron Man and War Machine suit, the movie has quite a few issues; the movie has a lot of plotlines that could have worked as like five other Iron Man movies, and there moments in the movie that felt too complicated, or it will take some good ideas and not execute it well. The movie could be funny, but there were also moments that got too silly or not as funny as it could have been, making me question what is happening at times.

Iron Man 2 (2010) has quite a few issues, but the performances are still good, and the action is fun to watch with beneficial effects not making it a terrible movie; you can still enjoy watching it and have fun with it. I know there are people who do not like this movie and think it is not a worthy sequel to the first, which I understand, but though I do not like it as much as the first, I still like fine and will check it out again from time to time.