Iron Man 2 (2010)

All Critics (275) | Top Critics (47) | Fresh (201) | Rotten (74) | DVD (14)

As for the actual grand finale, Downey Jr. and Cheadle seem like they're already network gaming the PS3 release instead of facing any actual threat, and Rourke goes out like a chump.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

Nick Pinkerton

Village Voice

Top Critic

The whiz-bang stuff here -- while never less than slick -- doesn't produce anything we haven't seen before.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

Tom Charity

CNN.com

Top Critic

The best scenes are still the ones with Downey and Gwyneth Paltrow (as Stark's charm-resistant assistant, Pepper Potts), or just Downey alone. The rest feels like padding, which is something a sleek-suited superhero shouldn't need.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Rafer Guzman

Newsday

Top Critic

It's enjoyable to see a quality superhero dynamically and enthusiastically rendered.

July 6, 2010 Full Review | Comments (7)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

Rourke puts a human face, albeit a bashed one, on comic book villainy.

May 14, 2010 Full Review | Comments (2)

Peter Rainer

Christian Science Monitor

Top Critic

Even the director...seems to view the heavy clanking of mechanized men as a bit of a chore: the kind of well-prepared yet unremarkable meat course that must inevitably follow the delightful amuse bouche of Robert Downey Jr.'s portrayal of Stark.

May 7, 2010 Full Review

Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Top Critic

It's much more fun to create a franchise than to doggedly sustain it.

June 22, 2013 Full Review

Will Leitch

Deadspin

Throws down the armored gauntlet to all the other summer blockbusters - bring your "A" game or be content being the season's second best movie.

May 2, 2013 Full Review

Jeffrey Lyles

Lyles' Movie Files

Robert Downey Jr., plays Stark with a twinkle in his eye and a sense of fun, but can't quite stamp the same authority onto the film as he did in the first version.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

Mark Adams

Screen International

It's half the fun of the first movie and twice as convoluted.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

Chris Garcia

Austin American-Statesman

Despite being more traditional in structure and theme than the original, Iron Man 2 offers just about everything anyone could ask for in a superhero spectacular, and then some.

April 15, 2013 Full Review

Jason Buchanan

TV Guide's Movie Guide

The most cynical and calculating part of it all is that the movie never really finds a justification for its existence; except, that is, as a bald-faced setup for The Avengers.

April 14, 2013 Full Review

Michael Saba

Paste Magazine

Many people will probably not find this one up to par with the fun of the original, but personally, I ended up having more fun with this movie, so while I gave the original a mild recommendation, I can give this one a slightly stronger one.

October 1, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

I was predisposed to like Iron Man even if it starred David Hasselhoff wrapped in tinfoil ... Is it worth your time? Definitely. Is it the calibre of Spider-Man 2 and The Dark Knight? Afraid not.

September 29, 2012 Full Review

Adam Ross

The Aristocrat

By rights, a superhero sequel should be darker, more intense and more dangerous, but Favreau is happy just to stay cool. That's all Iron Man's job has ever been, and frankly, that's fine by me.

September 28, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

The bar has been set for the 2010 summer blockbusters.

November 5, 2011 Full Review

Greg Maki

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

... The visual effects, though solid, may brighten the screen but are a poor substitute for characterisation and style - those two absent friends who we miss the most during the show.

June 30, 2011 Full Review

Ed Whitfield

The Ooh Tray

In the land of sequels it's no Temple of Doom or Empire Strikes Back, but it's also not Rise of the Silver Surfer. Me and my box of Junior Mints, we still had a good time.

April 4, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Dave White

Movies.com

Iron Man 2 isn't an ideal sequel but it is good, fixing most of the problems of the first movie without giving up what made it work to begin with.

March 27, 2011 Full Review

Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

Some critics may claim that the Iron Man films are simply dragging on a genre that's redundant (...) but my view is that it is rescuing a big part of the Marvel universe.

February 3, 2011 Full Review

Mike Edwards

What Culture

Robert Downey Jr squeezes back into ... Tony Stark's incredible suit ... and his charismatic presence gives the movie a bigger boost than his character's jet-propelled boots.

December 29, 2010 Full Review

Jason Best

Movie Talk

Iron Man bests the biggest adversaries of the superhero genre in his second outing: production troubles, sequel-bloat and overwhelming, unrestrained fanboy hype.

October 21, 2010 Full Review | Comment (1)

Simon Miraudo

Quickflix

Fans will be satisfied, even if it doesn't match the nuanced and well-rounded brilliance of the first film. But many will be disappointed with this seemingly rushed follow-up.

October 9, 2010 Full Review | Comments (6)

Matt Neal

The Standard

...the movie offers an abundance of thrills, laughs, and interpersonal communications. Yeah, action and talk; a little something for everyone.

September 23, 2010 Full Review | Comments (4)

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

• 1. Tony Stark: I already told you, I don't wanna join your Super Secret Boy Band
  2. Nick Fury: Nah I remember you go it alone. How's that working out by the way?
  3. Tony Stark: It's you know it's, I'm sorry I don't wanna get off on the wrong foot here, do I look at your eye or the patch? I'm still hungover, I can't even tell if you're real or not.
  – Submitted by Matthew H (5 months ago)
• 1. Pepper Potts: So now your Googling her?
  2. Tony Stark: I thought I was oogling her.
  – Submitted by Chris G (7 months ago)
• 1. Ivan Vanko/Whiplash: Hey, I want my bird.
  2. Justin Hammer: Uh, a bird? You want a bird?
  3. Ivan Vanko/Whiplash: I want my bird.
  4. Justin Hammer: I can get you a bird, I can get you ten birds.
  5. Ivan Vanko/Whiplash: I want MY bird!
  6. Justin Hammer: Well, nothing's impossible. Are we talkin--is this a bird, uh, back in Russia?
  – Submitted by Cody H (12 months ago)
• 1. Tony Stark: 'Mr. Stark displays compulsive behavior'. In my defense, that was last week. 'Prone to self-destructive tendencies' I was dying, please, and, aren't we all? 'Textbook narcissism'?...Agreed.
  – Submitted by Cody H (12 months ago)
• 1. Tony Stark: What do you want from me?
  2. Nick Fury: What do we want from you? No, what do you want from me? You have become a problem, a problem I have to deal with! Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe! I have bigger than you in the southeast region to deal with!
  – Submitted by Cody H (12 months ago)
• 1. Natalie Rushman/Black Widow: Well done with the new chest piece. I'm reading significantly higher output and your vitals all look promising.
  2. Tony Stark: Yes, for the moment, I'm not dying. Thank you.
  3. Pepper Potts: What do you mean you're not dying?! Did you just say you're dying?!
  4. Tony Stark: Is that you? No, I'm not. Not anymore.
  5. Pepper Potts: What's going on?
  6. Tony Stark: I was going to tell you, I didn't want you to alarm you
  7. Pepper Potts: You were going to tell me? You really were dying?
  8. Tony Stark: You didn't let me.
  9. Pepper Potts: Why didn't you tell me that?
  10. Tony Stark: I was going to make you an omelet and tell you.
  11. Natalie Rushman/Black Widow: Hey, hey. Save it for the honeymoon. You got incoming, Tony. Looks like the fight's coming to you.
  12. Tony Stark: Great. Pepper?
  13. Pepper Potts: Are you okay now?
  14. Tony Stark: I'm fine. Don't be mad, I will formally apologize...
  15. Pepper Potts: I am mad!
  16. Tony Stark: When I'm not fending off a Hammeroid attack-
  17. Pepper Potts: Fine
  18. Tony Stark: We could've been in Venice.
  19. Pepper Potts: Oh please!
  – Submitted by MarieBella C (13 months ago)