Rhodey is back as the reluctant best friend to Tony, though this time, Don Cheadle suits up as War Machine. I've said it before but I'll say it again, Pepper and Tony are one of the only superhero relationships that actually work, and it's once again handled extremely well in this sequel.

The Pepper and Tony relationship is better than ever in Iron Man 2 as Pepper is introduced as the new CEO of Stark Industries with Tony sidelined with other issues. If only the focus would have been on Hammer instead of Rourke. He fit the witty humor of the Iron Man films impeccably, and doesn't take himself too seriously. It's even more frustrating because Sam Rockwell is so good as Justin Hammer. However, it may be more of a case in which Rourke simply didn't care about giving the character any depth at all. Marvel really struggles with its villains, and Whiplash is another example of that. It's hard to ever get truly invested in Vanko as a character. In the next line of villains with the same abilities as the hero, Mickey Rourke stars as Ivan Vanko/Whiplash, a man with his mind set on vengeance for what the Starks did to his family.

It's action packed, filled with timely humor, and great character development, even if it does have a pretty weak villain. It's nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be. But after re-watching for about the 3rd or 4th time, I couldn't help but enjoy the hell out of the film. Don't get me wrong, there's plenty wrong with Iron Man 2.

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