"You wanna be a war machine? Take your best shot!"

The second movie in superhero franchises often is fantastic. X-Men 2, Spider-Man 2, Batman Returns, and The Dark Knight all managed to improve over their pretty solid predecessors. While Iron Man 2 can't quite join those movies by improving over the excellent Iron Man, it's still an enjoyable movie in it's own right.

It may not be quite as consistently entertaining as the first movie, but Iron Man 2 boasts increased star power with the inclusion of Cheadle, Johansson, Rourke, and Rockwell, as well as even more special effects wizardry than its predecessor. The increased focus on the expanded cast  and even more elaborate action scenes comes at the expense of some of the humor and perfect story flow that made the first movie so darn great, but Iron Man fans won't be very disappointed with this new movie, I can guarantee you. Iron Man 2 is flashy, fun, and another fine comic book movie.