Iron Man 2
Directed by Jon Favreau
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies. From TMDB
220 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 16, 2026 · How this works
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Some viewers find the film a lackluster sequel with a disjointed plot. [1][2][3] Others praise Robert Downey Jr.'s performance and the action scenes. [4][5][6] Several posters criticize the film for being bloated and repetitive. [7][8][9]
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Yet another ridiculously high rated Marvel movie, we get it Marvel fanboys you just love it when a new Marvel movie comes out, so much that you forget any flaws in it and give it a 10 or a 9 anyways. But come on seriously? Wouldn't you rather they spent a little time at actually writing a somewhat decent script and making it a bit more entertaining than to praise EVERYTHING they do to the skies just because you want …
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'Iron Man 2' is good, nothing special, but good. Robert Downey Jr. is just as entertaining in the lead role, while the specials efforts are again pleasing. The score, which I found slightly lacking in 'Iron Man', is improved. The plot isn't as interesting, or all that creative, but it's done well enough that I didn't ever feel bored; though some of the pacing is off. I like Don Cheadle so it's good to see him come …
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It was understood that the theaters would be sold out but when the three of us came there we just couldn't accept NO for an answer. So we were finally able to buy tickets BUT we were seated separately. It was fine though. The movie kept me entertained. Except for the guy near me who was snoring pretty loud, the movie was great. Of course Robert Downey Jr was amazing as always. There might be weird critics with this …
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Iron Man 2 tries to juggle too much while saying too little. The sequel to one of the MCU's strongest origin stories ends up feeling like a bloated reiteration of its predecessor's character beats, offering little growth for Tony Stark outside of a rushed subplot involving a new element. Stark's ego-driven spiral is presented through repetitive party scenes and immature antics, undercutting the emotional maturity …
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IRON MAN 2 (2010). It's not a "good" MCU movie but it's weird that people settled on it being the archetypal "bad" one, given that the Rourke/Rockwell scenes are transcendently funny
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Iron Man 2 grossed $312.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $311.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $623.9 million. It cost around $170 million to produce and around $150 million for marketing. Paramount Pictures collected 8% of the box office revenue while the remaining portion went to Disney. Iron Man 2 earned $51 million on its opening day in the United States and Canada (including $7.5 million from Thursday previews), for a total weekend gross of $128 million, which was the fifth-highest opening weekend ever, at the time, behind The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. It also had the…
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60 of 220 · most liked firstNo film has done more to singlehandedly usher in the end of the human race than IRON MAN 2
negative · AI labelView post →I once watched the commentary track for Iron Man 2 (listen, I was really depressed) and there was a very funny moment where RDJ explained that muscle wise he peaks for about 15 minutes per movie, and the “inventing a new element” scene was it. “Righhhhht…there.”
neutral · AI labelView post →And like, if it is, you’ve got to grapple with why it didn’t apply to the campaign run by a guy who was on a show with “celebrity” in its name, paired with the guy who had a movie made of his (dogshit) book a couple of years ago, funded by a guy who cameoed in Iron Man 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →I also appreciate it looking really weird and awkward because that’s more artistically interesting than a perfectly mediocre movie. Give me Madame Webb over Iron Man 2 any day of the week baby, Madame Webb gets blinded by a firework at the Pepsi Factory that’s good filmmaking.
negative · AI labelView post →It's interesting to go back and watch Iron Man now, a nice fun uncomplicated movie that punches above its weight, unburdened by any future expectations beyond *maybe* Iron Man 2. You didn't even need a bachelor's in Marvel Studies to enjoy it, never mind the Ph.D. that this will require
neutral · AI labelView post →It's weird to me how people act like Supergirl is some early death knell for the DCU when the MCU this early on released Iron Man 2, which was an abomination that made me vomit out every orifice my body and it survived. I think DC can survive a film that, from what I'm aware, is just kinda mid.
negative · AI labelView post →With each passing day, Iron Man 2 gets harder and harder to rewatch. It's like Hitler having a cameo in a Marx Brothers movie.
negative · AI labelView post →I used to never miss a superhero movie and when I saw Thor's hammer at the end of IRON MAN 2, I noped out of the MCU series so fast. I saw what was coming. Crossovers. Endless crossovers. I used to think I would catch up once more was released but I look at the mountain of meandering and... no.
negative · AI labelView post →Iron Man, for Iron Man 2 movie licensing. I did 2 versions of every pose, one with the circle arc reactor and one with the triangle arc reactor. Spoiler: He switches to the triangle during the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →So for example, Scarlet Johanssen's Black Widow showing up in Iron Man 2 undercover as Tony Stark's new personal assistant. With BND it was Jean Gray. It wasn't "her" movie - the focus was correctly on Spider-Man - but it was a perfect launchpad for her to now have her *own* character drama.
neutral · AI labelView post →apnews.com/video/russia... isn't this part of the Iron Man 2 movie plot
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a film critic. I review movies. MOST of these have been in the realm of B+ or above, I wouldn't call that "defending," that's "going to work." it's also inaccurate. THOR 2 isn't good. IRON MAN 2 doesn't hold up. Most of the Netflix stuff was mixed-to-bad. SECRET INVASION was bad.
negative · AI labelView post →My five favorite film genres are 5. Iron Man 2 4. Iron Man 3. Avengers: Infinity War 2. Iron Man 3 1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
positive · AI labelView post →My history: Hardcore Marvel reader as a tween-teen (mostly X-Men), never missed a superhero film, enjoyed Iron Man (though put off by its clear military industrial complex adoration) but tapped out at Iron Man 2 because crossovers are the woooorst. Planned to catch up later but…
negative · AI labelView post →Looking forward to next year's reveal that the National Film Registry will consist of preserving Home Alone 2 and Iron Man 2.
negative · AI labelView post →Been watching the Marvel films in order while I work and I’d forgotten just how much fun Phase One was. Every film is good. I have watched Iron Man 2 since the first time I saw it. I remember it being my least favorite but it’s a solid flick. Incredible Hulk is probably the most wobbly.
neutral · AI labelView post →You might enjoy this essay on the probable original script for Iron Man 2 and how your arc of the tech entrepeneur superhero continues into the film with actual E- M- in it. Seems likely they cut out how Stark Sr. was an unlikable and conniving industrialist. www.overthinkingit.com/2010/05/19/i...
neutral · AI labelView post →IRON MAN 2 (2010). It's not a "good" MCU movie but it's weird that people settled on it being the archetypal "bad" one, given that the Rourke/Rockwell scenes are transcendently funny
neutral · AI labelView post →Brand New Day and Doomsday will make mad bank and help get Black Panther III and X-Men out (as if they needed any). Y'all been on this "THIS MOVIE WILL MAKE OR BREAK THE MCU!" shit since Iron Man 2. I know, I was there.
neutral · AI labelView post →Not a TV show but recently rewatched Iron Man 2 and it completely pulled me out of the movie when he showed up and had dialogue.
negative · AI labelView post →Iron Man 2 is epitome of that kinda movie where if it appears on cable or whatever, I'd probably leave it on, but not something I'd go out of my way to rewatch unless I'm doing a marathon like this, you know
neutral · AI labelView post →That’s perfect. Every detail. I kissed Nikki for the first time during Iron Man 2. Far and away my favorite movie going kiss.
positive · AI labelView post →A poster I found online featuring my Iron Man 2 artwork. All of these poses had two versions: circle arc reactor and triangle arc reactor, because the triangle reactor was a mid-movie reveal.
neutral · AI labelView post →Because Marvel was faffing about instead of giving her the movie just after Iron Man 2. So the moment passed and others did what should have been Black Widow.
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, rewatching The Matrix Reloaded and how does the Smiths fight look 100% more believable than any MCU film since like Iron Man 2?
negative · AI labelView post →I know Iron Man 2 is kind of a mixed bag of a movie but hey at least Sam Rockwell really REALLY liked talking about guns
neutral · AI labelView post →"Cameo fest" has never been an accurate descriptor for any MCU movie except for maybe Iron Man 2. Anyone who is mad that movies adapting SECRET WARS are using characters from other universes is just mad for the sake of being mad. That's literally the story.
neutral · AI labelView post →The last Marvel Movie I saw was Iron Man 2 ask me any lore, story, or character questions from the last 15 years of Marvel movies and I’ll give what I assume to be is a correct answer
neutral · AI labelView post →No MCU movie is as bad as BvS. Not a single one. Not Iron Man 2, or Thor 2, or any of the ones people have lost their minds over. Batman v Superman is possibly the worst superhero movie of the modern (post-Blade) era.
neutral · AI labelView post →Iron Man 2 is the quintessential "YouTube clip" movie. It's more fun to watch these clips on their own than it is to watch the entire movie itself
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favorite little retcons this movie introduces is the asshole politician from Iron Man 2 was a secret Nazi the whole time. That’s the kind of thing that makes interconnected universe stuff fun
positive · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to John Debney, #BOTD in 1956. One of the most prolific film and TV composers of the last 4 decades, Debney has worked in every genre imaginable: comedy, drama, SF, fantasy, horror. From HOCUS POCUS to ELF to IRON MAN 2. He's earned 3 Emmys and one Oscar nom. #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Hell yeah Iron Man 2 autoplayed after. It’s “I vant my boord” time. I also think about this movie every time F1 is in Monaco. Incredible cultural staying power IMO.
positive · AI labelView post →15 years ago today, ‘IRON MAN 2’ released in theaters. The film grossed over $623M worldwide.
neutral · AI labelView post →As has rightly been pointed out, the first clip isn't Minority Report, it's Iron Man 2, a film which highlights the dangers of military proliferation and facing the consequences of previous military action.
neutral · AI labelView post →Haha, Iron Man 2, I think, is not considered a very good MCU movie, but that sequence is great
neutral · AI labelView post →Iron Man 2 and Winter Soldier because “A superhero movie with Garry Shandling” sounds hyper-meta.
neutral · AI labelView post →They did in Iron Man 2 and most people didn't like that movie. Hell, Civil War does in its own way. If there's one thing the MCU did pretty damn well, it's address Tony Stark's self destructive ways.
neutral · AI labelView post →this. I like to point out that if you've seen his cameo in the movie Iron Man 2, it's basically him in real life all along: he comes up with some wild idea, buttonholes the people with the actual skills to make it happen, then wants to take the credit. 0_o
neutral · AI labelView post →Btw you go back & watch Iron Man 2, and it's striking how objectified ScarJo is throughout the movie. Nothing sexless about that at all! (And again - in the MCU was always more random than people remember, three of her first four movies have her play a quasi-love intetest to a different male lead)
negative · AI labelView post →I find this one worse than the Iron Man 2 cameo since, well, cameos can age poorly and that's the worst crime a movie can make. Star Trek Discovery claiming Musk is a great inventor, no, fuck you. That's worse.
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming on the heels of Iron Man 2, filmmaker Jon Favreau delivers his most personal film yet as a chef responds to a food critic by going back to his roots in 2014's Chef.
neutral · AI labelView post →Connecting sketch cards from the Iron Man 2 set that came out around the time of the movie. These sketch cards were always fun. Came across these recently in my files and they reminded me how fun Tin Can Iron Man is to draw.
neutral · AI labelView post →I had a dream Marvel made a new movie that destroyed the time infinity stone and killed Dr. Strange, and as a result, reversed time and undid all the previous MCU movies, like they never happened. It ended with a teaser for Iron Man 2, as a ploy to remake all the movies again for a new generation.
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for movie #2! The next randomly selected movie is... Wow, another Marvel movie! You know what...I'm ok with that 🤷😂 Iron Man 2, 2010
positive · AI labelView post →"If you could make God bleed, people would cease to believe in Him" is a pretty strong line in a bad movie (Iron Man 2), but yeah, in Marvel movies only villains are allowed to have lines like that.
negative · AI labelView post →I just watched Last Temptation Of Christ with the comrades, what's the more lunatic double feature, my choices are: new Jackass movie or Iron Man 2 (I committed to watching the mcu in consecutive order and I need to get it over with)
negative · AI labelView post →Fun fact I haven't watched a single MCU film since Iron Man 2 and I do not care
negative · AI labelView post →If you've ever wondered why the final fight in Iron Man 2 is way better than the rest of the film
neutral · AI labelView post →“You don’t have to do this alone.” Our commentary track for IRON MAN 2 is up now on Apple, Spotify, and more! Come join @redlreview.bsky.social & @thesmartalec.bsky.social as they continue the MCUathon with the film that served as a big speed bump on the way to Avengers! rss.com/podcasts/bou...
neutral · AI labelView post →getting roasted by my sister who I saw Iron Man 2 with in 2010 for not mentioning on the pod that as soon as the film was done we had to leg it halfway across the city to the Opera House to see an opera. truly teenaged girls contain multitudes.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm switching things up a bit tonight and streaming Iron Man 2 for the PlayStation 3. Join me live right now on Twitch for everything you can reasonably expect from a 2010 console game based on a superhero movie with some (but not all) of the original cast involved! twitch.tv/decafjedi
neutral · AI labelView post →‘IRON MAN 2’ was released 16 years ago today. The film grossed $624M worldwide. #IRONMAN2 #Marvel
neutral · AI labelView post →#Nowplaying: AC/DC: Iron Man 2: Soundtrack to the 2010 film, but also a kind of Greatest Hits.
neutral · AI labelView post →Is there a fan cut of Iron Man 2 that edits Elon out of the movie, If there isn't, can there be?
negative · AI labelView post →Okay I’m on Iron Man 2. First Iron Man feels like a 00s movie, alright. Quite a lot of regular movie violence as opposed to clean super hero (he burns people alive and shoots them in the head!) #AlicevsMarvel
positive · AI labelView post →The movie sucks, but I do love that Iron Man 2's soundtrack is the closest we've ever gotten to an AC/DC Greatest Hits album. AC/DC wanted that Marvel Money, and good for them
negative · AI labelView post →Like Iron Man 2 for a good while is Background Noise: The Movie but then this one scene sticks out and you go "Yeah the choreography for these movies could've been so much better."
neutral · AI labelView post →First off, funny you mention that when Iron Man 2 has a deleted scene of Tony throwing up. It was you when you saw the movie maybe. Lol Second, yeah the DCU isn't doomed especially since Lanterns is pretty decent and I have hope for Clayface.
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2010 I saw Iron Man 2 with a group of friends at an IMAX. That night, I would have said I was entertained. Next day I thought less of the film, and within days I felt cheated. The more I tried to recall anything about it, the less there was. I denounced the whole superhero genre from then on.
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