Well billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has let the world know he is Iron Man. While this hasn't affected him, Tony has "other" matters getting his attention. The substance in the device that keeps him alive is slowly killing him, so he needs to find a new substance. Then the government/military wants to get their hands on the Iron Man technology, which Tony won't give up. Next Tony has to decide who will be the new CEO of Stark Industries if he dies.

If this isn't enough to deal with, Russian criminal/inventor Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) is out for revenge on Tony because of something Tony's father Howard did to the Vanko family years ago, so Vanko becomes Whiplash and then teams up with fast talking, slick weapons designer Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) who is also after any way to ruin Tony. So can life get any better than this!!!!

So while we see Tony's life becoming a self-destructive mess, several people come into play to help him get back together if he wants help or not. They include Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), Lt. Col James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle), Natalie Rushman (Scarlett Johansson) who is in Stark's legal department, but has her own secret, and Col. Nick Fury (Sameuel L. Jackson) head of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Overall I found "Iron Man 2" a very enjoyable escape from worrying about things. After most of the credits of rolled on the screen, we have "one more scene" before the Paramout logo appears. We are in New Mexico and the camera goes to a dig site where we see Thor's hammer. Stay tune for more fun folks!!!!