First of all, I have to say I LOVED the first Iron Man movie. it has wit, charisma, charm, and a lot of awesome action. Sadly the same cannot be said of this sequel.

While I am willing to go a long way for a Marvel movie, I just felt bored watching this. The film moves from one very tedious scene to another, and the actual scenes with Iron Man in are few and far between as the movie seems to focus mainly on Tony Stark's problems, scattering a light dusting of Scarlett Johansson in along the way to keep the male members of the audience entertained.

The main villain of the piece played by Mickey Rourke is shown as being somewhat without motive in his hatred of Iron Man, and Don Cheadle appears lost somewhere in this huge mess.

Over all, I had looked forward to seeing this on DVD for months, and when I finally did, I felt very disappointed by the drifting plot and by the numbers characters. Better than watching a blank screen - but only just.