Tony Stark's life is in chaos while dealing with the aftermath of his announcement of being Iron Man. Stark Industries is in turmoil as it retreats from weapons manufacturing under Tony's inattentive guidance. The solution? Instate Pepper Potts as the new CEO. This doesn't do much to limit the frenzy from the press and senate committees as the military demands to be given the Iron Man technology.
His company's year long expo has begun and a new foe has come to the forefront, a foe with whom his father, Howard, had an association. Oh, and the palladium core in his reactor is slowly poisoning him and Tony has been unable to find a replacement.
Cast:
Tony Stark/Iron Man.....................Robert Downey, Jr
Pepper Potts.................................Gwyneth Paltrow
Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes.................Don Cheadle
Natalie Rushman/Natasha Romanoff...Scarlett Johansson
Justin Hammer.....................................Sam Rockwell
Ivan Vanko.......................................Mickey Rourke
Nick Fury.....................................Samuel L. Jackson
Agent Phil Coulson..................................Clark Gregg
Senator Stern..................................Garry Shandling
Happy Hogan........................................Jon Favreau
Jarvis (voice).......................................Paul Bettany
Quotes:
Tony: I have successfully privatized world peace.
Tony: I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself, and one thing I've proved is you can count on me to pleasure myself.
Jarvis: And may I say how refreshing it is to finally see you in a video with your clothing on, sir.
Tony: Who is she?
Pepper: She is from legal and she is exponentially a very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit if you keep ogling her like that
Fury: Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to exit the doughnut.
Fury: Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe.
Coulson: If you try to leave or play any games, I will tazer you and watch Supernanny while you drool on the carpet.
Coulson: We need you.
Tony: Yeah, more than you know.
Coulson: Not that much
Comments:
This film has several great nods to other Marvel heroes that would be joining with Iron Man in The Avengers. You get to see an old prototype of Captain America's shield that Howard Stark had in storage. There is also several references to Thor (whose first story was happening at the same time though the film came later). Fury mentions bigger problems in the southwest quadrant and Agent Coulson has to leave his babysitting duties to hand things in New Mexico.
I'd forgotten how annoying Justin Hammer was. He is a high school bully that never grew up and is in way over his head in a business he doesn't have the intelligence to understand.
I've always enjoyed Tony Stark/Iron Man. He is such a entertaining character and Robert Downey, Jr., plays him perfectly using all the sarcasm and pithy quips as a mask for the underlying insecurities. Neither of the Iron Man movies are my favorites in the Marvel ovre though, and as you can tell above, I didn't get a lot of quotes from it. We'll have to see what happens with Iron Man 3 which I think is due out in 2013.
Oh, and I realize I completely forgot to get a screen cap of the logo. I'll add it later tonight or tomorrow.
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