"IRON MAN 2" (2010) (Robert Downey Jr., Mickey Rourke) (PG-13) Alcohol/ Drugs Blood/Gore Disrespectful/ Bad Attitude Frightening/ Tense Scenes Guns/ Weapons Heavy Mild Extreme Moderate Extreme Imitative Behavior Jump Scenes Music (Scary/Tense) Music (Inappropriate) Profanity Heavy None Heavy None Heavy Sex/ Nudity Smoking Tense Family Scenes Topics To Talk About Violence Heavy Minor Moderate Moderate Extreme QUICK TAKE: Action: A superhero, outfitted in a high-tech flying suit, must contend with a variety of personal and external issues that threaten both him and the safety of the world. PLOT: After his public admission, everyone now knows that billionaire Tony Stark (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.) is also the superhero Iron Man, and he's basking in the glory of his fame and the fact that his actions have resulted in an unusually long period of uninterrupted world peace. Yet, he has a number of detractors, including U.S. Senator Stern (GARRY SHANDLING) who wants him to turn over his high-tech flying suit to the military and allow military contractor CEO Justin Hammer (SAM ROCKWELL) to mass produce the equipment. During an Armed Services Committee hearing, Stern even gets Tony's close friend, Air Force Lt. Col. Jim Rhodes (DON CHEADLE) to read an out-of-context statement to cast doubt on having just one lone gun to protect the world. Then there's Ivan Vanko (MICKEY ROURKE), a former Russian physicist who thinks Tony's dad stole a research idea from his father -- that eventually led to the chest implant device that powers Iron Man's abilities and keeps Tony alive -- and thus wants revenge. His own work eventually leads to the creation of a similarly powered outfit, complete with long, electrified steel whips, with which he tries to kill Tony. Back at his Malibu estate, Tony has promoted his personal assistant, Pepper Potts (GWYNETH PALTROW), to CEO of his company, thus meaning the comely Natalie Rushman (SCARLETT JOHANSSON) joins his small stuff that also includes driver Happy Hogan (JON FAVREAU) and his in-home computer system, Jarvis (voice of PAUL BETTANY). As Tony contends with Ivan wanting him dead, Hammer competitively wanting to best him and Stern wanting to shut down his world-saving heroics, he must also deal with trying to find a replacement for his chest-implanted power source that is slowly killing him, as well as the presence of Nick Fury (SAMUEL L. JACKSON) who's interested in having Iron Man join a new team he's forming. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of the first film, comic book movie adaptations and/or anyone in the cast, that's probably a safe bet. WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13 For sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some language. CAST AS ROLE MODELS: ROBERT DOWNEY JR. plays a billionaire inventor and superhero who's egotistically basking in the glow of his fame of being the world's lone protector. Quick with the wisecracks, he must contend with a variety of issues facing him, including his chest implant power source slowly poisoning him, Stern wanting to shut him down, Hammer wanting to best him, and Ivan wanting to kill him. He battles the latter and his minions, uses some profanity and is intoxicated in one scene, all while being attracted to both Pepper and Natalie. MICKEY ROURKE plays a former Russian physicist who now wants familial revenge on Tony for his belief that Tony's father stole invention secrets from his father. Brilliant but deranged and determined, he devises his own weaponry and sets out to kill Tony (and murders others along the way). Heavily tattooed, he also uses some profanity. DON CHEADLE plays Tony's Air Force officer friend who's concerned about his mental stability and out of control behavior, and the fact that Stern wants his equipment. He ends up battling against and later with Tony. SCARLETT JOHANSSON plays Tony's comely new assistant who has a penchant for wearing tight attire, is quite capable of defending herself, and hides a secret about her real identity and purpose. GWYNETH PALTROW plays Tony's personal assistant who he promotes to CEO of his company. After that, she both worries about and is perturbed by his behavior. SAM ROCKWELL plays an arms manufacturer rival and Tony's rival who uses profanity, is in cahoots with Senator Stern, frees Ivan from prison, and employs him to make better weaponry that Justin can then sell to the military. SAMUEL L. JACKSON plays a figure who knows of Tony's past and is interested in having him join a team he's assembling. JON FAVREAU plays Tony's driver who wants in on the action and thus jumps in whenever he can. GARRY SHANDLING plays a United States Senator who wants to shut down Tony's Iron Man heroics and have him turn over his high-tech suit and gadgetry to the military. He's in cahoots to some degree with Hammer, and uses strong profanity toward Tony. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO HOW OTHERS RATED THIS MOVIE Curious if this title is entertaining, any good, and/or has any artistic merit? Then read OUR TAKE of this film. (Note: The "Our Take" review of this title examines the film's artistic merits and does not take into account any of the possibly objectionable material listed below). OUR WORD TO PARENTS: Here's a brief summary of the content found in this PG-rated action film. Profanity consists of at least 2 bleeped "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered. Some sexually related dialogue and innuendo are present, as are views of scantily clad women and one in tight and form-fitting attire. Violence consists of standard-issue superhero movie type fighting (bashing, smashing and trying to kill, etc.) and property destruction and damage. Several murders and implied deaths are also present. Little of that has bloody results, but kids may be enticed to imitate the fighting, stunts and other action, while some of those violent scenes and moments of potential peril might be unsettling and/or suspenseful to some viewers. Bad attitudes are present, as is some tense family material. Drinking is present, and the protagonist is intoxicated in one scene, while some scatological material is briefly present as is some tense family material. If you're still concerned about the film and its appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home who may be interested in seeing it, we suggest that you take a closer look at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, the following is present: Flashes of light as Ivan creates his weapon device; a strobe effect during Iron Man's expo presentation; some flicker of an old film being projected; and flashes of light from one of Tony's experiments. For those prone to visually induced motion sickness, there are varying amounts of camera movement throughout the movie (including some occasional but quite bouncy POV shots), while various flying shots might similarly create motion issues. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE We see Ivan holding a bottle and he drinks from that after his ailing father dies. During a montage, Ivan drinks something while building his device (but we don't know if it's alcoholic or not). Tony jokes that he'll turn Jarvis (his computer) into a wine rack. When Tony tells Pepper he's promoting her, she asks if he's been drinking (he says yes, but that it's chlorophyll -- for his blood poisoning). He then opens champagne for both of them and tells her, "Don't think...drink." Tony and Pepper take drinks from a served tray at a reception (where others are seen drinking several times), but Natalie takes those from their hands. Later, Pepper has one, but it's hard to tell if it's a drink or just water, while Justin has a drink. We see a champagne bottle on a side table by Justin and Ivan, while wine is then poured for both of them. Natalie (in a tight dress) hands Tony a martini and suggestively asks, "Is that dirty enough for you?" He then guzzles it down and is later quite intoxicated (stumbling about, losing inhibitions, etc.) at his birthday party where others drink (and he ends up blasting champagne bottles thrown into the air like skeet targets). Nick talks about Ivan or his dad being on a multi-year vodka binge in the past. In an old film, we see Tony's dad with a drink. BLOOD/GORE We see video footage of other countries' attempts at creating Iron Man knock-offs, including one that falls and sprays bullets everywhere (with some blood splattering onto the camera lens). We see a drop of blood on Tony's finger (after testing his blood toxicity level). We later see him stick his finger in his mouth after another test, but don't see any blood. From his worsening blood poisoning, we see bluish veins just under the skin on various parts of Tony's body in several scenes (mostly neck and chest). When Jarvis mentions a wind farm, Tony jokes for him not to say that, stating, "I'm already feeling gassy." Tony is a little bloody after an encounter with Ivan who's also a little bloody (mouth) at the end of their battle. Later, Tony has a bruise on his face from that. Ivan states (as a metaphor about Iron Man) that if you make God bleed, people will cease believing in him, and then adds that there will be blood in the water. (Some viewers may not like the analogy). Said as a metaphor for wanting to best Tony at his own game, Justin states he wants to "take a dump" in Tony's back yard. While intoxicated at his party (and in his Iron Man suit), Tony states he's often asked how he goes to the bathroom in the suit. He then pauses and strains a bit, followed by jokingly stating, "Just like that." Later, Pepper reminds him that he just peed in his suit, with him saying something along the lines that she could drink that water as the suit filters that. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Ivan receives a faked passport and related papers so that he can leave Russia and attempt to kill Tony. Tony is egotistical, especially in terms of his Iron Man alter-ego and having saved the world. Tony is disrespectful at a Senate Armed Services Committee, while Senator Stern tries to distort the facts by having Jim read an out-of-context statement and using Justin to discredit Tony. After Tony makes a circus of the hearing (and refers to the senators as "ass clowns," Senator Stern twice yells at him, "F*ck you" (bleeped out in the film). Ivan states (as a metaphor about Iron Man) that if you make God bleed, people will cease believing in him, and then adds that there will be blood in the water. (Some viewers may not like the analogy). We learn that Justin arranged for Ivan's jail break (resulting in deaths) and is hiring him to improve his weaponry products to sell to the U.S. military. We later see he's in cahoots with Senator Stern in such regards (or at least they're chummy). We hear that Ivan served 15 years in prison for selling Russian plutonium to Pakistan. He agrees to work for Justin, but has his own plans - namely getting deadly revenge on Tony, and he kills others along the way. When Pepper and Natalie arrive and want Justin to fix his out of control drone problem, he mutters to another man that they need to get those "bitches" out of there. FRIGHTENING SCENES Scenes listed under "Violence" may be unsettling and/or suspenseful to younger viewers and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material. Iron Man jumps from a plane and plummets toward the ground before taking flight (those afraid of heights might not like the aerial views looking down). Tony checks his blood toxicity (from the device in his chest) and sees that it's at 19%. Later, it's much higher, and some viewers may worry about him, especially when they hear that the chest device that's keeping him alive is also killing him. Iron Man and Jim fly away just in time as bombs in drones as well as Ivan's suit detonate, setting off many explosions. Iron Man then races to grab and save Pepper just in the nick of time right before a drone near her similarly explodes. GUNS/WEAPONS Iron Man Suits/Heavily Armored drone figures (equipped with machine guns, explosives, etc.)/Machine guns/Electrified steel whips: Used to threaten, wound or attempt to kill others and/or cause property damage. See "Violence" for details. An Air Force guard carries a machine gun. Justin shows Jim and other Air Force officials a variety of weapons (handguns, shotguns, machine guns, grenade launchers, etc.) he's created for the military (none are fired, they're just shown). IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR Phrases: "F*ck you" (said twice, but bleeped both times), "Oh sh*t," "Software sh*t," "Maybe I'll even get laid," "Funny how annoying a little pr*ck can be," "Don't listen to that crap" (written in subtitles), "These ass-clowns," "I'm already feeling gassy," "Don't think...drink," "What the hell /was that/is the difference/does that mean?" "Hammer needs a slot," "Are you out of your mind?" "You look like you got friends in low places," "I wanna take a dump in Tony's back yard," "Kicked your ass," "You better rock my world," "This ought to get the Senate off my ass," "They shipped his ass off," "Remember, I got my eye on you" (said by Nick, wearing an eye patch), "I call it the ex-wife," "She's a pinhead" (seen written on TV), "Break my balls," "We gotta get the bitches out of here," "Drop your socks and grab your crocs," "Yes, for the moment, I'm not dying," "I'm fighting off a Hammeroid attack," "It's called being a bad ass," "Save it for the honeymoon" and "You kicked ass back there." The fighting, stunts and other action may be enticing for some kids to try to imitate. Ivan has tattoos all over his body as well as what appear to be gold-plated teeth. Tony bashes his wall with a large mallet while rebuilding his lab. Senator Stern purposefully pricks Tony with an award while putting that on his chest. JUMP SCENES None. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) A heavy amount of action-oriented and suspenseful/ominous music plays at times during the film. MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE) None that we heard, but some songs had lyrics that we couldn't fully hear and/or understand, thus presenting the possibility of them potentially containing something objectionable. PROFANITY At least 2 "f" words (both bleeped out), 4 "s" words, 1 slang term for sex ("laid"), 1 using male genitals ("pr*ck"), 6 asses, 4 hells, 1 crap (in subtitles), 3 uses of "Oh God," 2 each of "God" and "Oh my God" and 1 use each of "Jesus Christ," "Oh Lord" and "Swear to God." SEX/NUDITY Various dancers perform behind Iron Man on stage, wearing tight, cleavage and midriff revealing tops and tight shorts. During this, they do various choreographed moves, including shaking their chests and bending over in unison (with the camera shot behind them). We see Tony's point of view looking at a fan's ample cleavage. A woman who serves Tony a subpoena shows cleavage. Tony makes a sarcastic comment at a Senate hearing about something being akin to indentured servants or prostitutes, depending on the state. He continues the sarcasm by commenting on senators and prostitutes. After stating he serves at his own pleasure (as Iron Man), Tony jokes that the one thing you can count on is for him to pleasure himself. Tony likes the looks of Natalie upon first meeting her, and tells Pepper (upon seeing Natalie's physical prowess in defending herself), "I want one." She reminds him that Natalie is a sexual harassment suit in waiting if he keeps ogling her, but he then looks her up online and then blows up and ogles a view of her posing in lingerie (cleavage revealing bra, etc.). Natalie shows cleavage (and just glimpses of the top of her bra) in her low-cut dress. After Pepper states a female reporter did a nice (reporting) spread for Tony, he jokes that he wrote a story on him as well. About an interview slot, Tony states a double entendre to Pepper about Justin, saying, "Hammer needs a slot." During this, we see miscellaneous cleavage. We see Ivan seated in just his underwear or something similar while incarcerated. Natalie wears a very tight top. Natalie hands Tony a martini and suggestively asks, "Is that dirty enough for you?" He then asks her what she'd do if this were her last birthday. She responds by stating she'd do whatever she wanted and with whomever she wanted. At Tony's party, we see various scantily clad women (including some in bikini tops showing lots of cleavage) who flirt with him and vice-versa. We see Natalie in an ultra-tight, form-fitting leather jumpsuit, including a close-up view of her butt in that as she walks along. About his weapons but used as a double entendre, Justin reminds the men that size does matter. Natalie shows cleavage. Justin is off to an expo where he states that maybe he'll even "get laid." We see Natalie in her bra as she hurriedly changes clothes in the backseat of Happy's car (thus distracting him via his rear view mirror view). Tony and Pepper passionately kiss and then do so again atop a roof, with Jim joking that they look like two seals fighting for a grape. He then jokes that they should "get a roof" (rather than "room"). SMOKING Justin uses some cigar metaphors to describe a weapon he's created. TENSE FAMILY SCENES We see Ivan holding a bottle and he drinks from that after his ailing father dies. He then lets out a loud wail, and is motivated by his father's death to get revenge on Tony. Tony states that his late dad never told him he loved or even liked him (but he later learns the positive truth about his dad and his opinion toward Tony while watching an old film of him). About a weapon he's created that he says will kill everyone in a building hit by it, Justin jokes that he calls it the ex-wife. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Tony is egotistical, especially in terms of his Iron Man alter-ego and having saved the world. Defense contractors. Ivan states (as a metaphor about Iron Man) that if you make God bleed, people will cease believing in him, and then adds that there will be blood in the water. Tony states that his late dad never told him he loved or even liked him (but he later learns the positive truth about his dad and his opinion toward Tony while watching an old film of him). VIOLENCE We see video footage of other countries' attempts at creating Iron Man knock-offs, including one that falls and sprays bullets everywhere (with some blood splattering onto the camera lens), while a subject in one of Justin's designs has the top half of the suit (and thus his torso inside it) spin around backwards (but Justin says the subject survived). Ivan uses his electrified whip to smash a TV. Tony and Happy spar in a boxing ring, with Tony punching and then kicking Happy. When Natalie replaces Tony in the ring, Happy tries to show her a thing or two, but she grabs his arm, quickly uses her legs to get him in a headlock, and slams him down to the canvas. Ivan walks out onto the course of a grand prix race and uses his electrified whip to smash a race car. It splits and flies through the air with a bad crash and he then does the same to Tony's car (resulting in him being upside down in the wreckage). Other cars screech to a halt but end up crashing into each other and exploding, sending debris flying by Ivan. He then comes looking for Tony who hits him on the head with something, but must then avoid those whips (one crack of which causes Tony's race car to explode during all of this). After blasting through a wall and driving the wrong way down the course through traffic, Happy then drives into Ivan, and smashes him back against a fence. Ivan then uses his whip to cut half of an open door, prompting Happy to repeatedly drive into Ivan back into that fence (during which the air bag deploys and whacks Happy in the face). Tony then quickly dons his Iron Man suit and fires energy blasts at Ivan from his palms, but Ivan deflects those and then cracks and entangles Iron Man with those electrified whips. He then yanks and flips Iron Man around repeatedly (charring his suit in the process) until Iron Man yanks him back, punches and disarms him. Realizing someone is setting up his unauthorized release and faked death, Ivan grabs his look-alike cell mate and bashes him into something. He then sets a plastic explosive, walks out, punches and then breaks a guard's neck, followed by the large explosion behind him. Some guards then grab, hood and throw Ivan into a vehicle (but they're working for Justin and he isn't harmed after that). After accidentally blasting a glass wall with his Iron Man suit, Tony then proceeds to (drunkenly) blast champagne bottles and such thrown into the air by party guests. Seeing that Tony is intoxicated and out of control at his (Tony's) birthday party, Jim dons an Iron Man suit and tries to stop him. That results in a battle between the two, starting with Tony driving Jim back through walls and such. The two then exchange many blows, kicks and such, including bashing each other (in their suits) with heavy exercise weights (which causes, along with the rest of the fighting, all sorts of room damage). Jim then knocks Tony back into a fire, followed by the two shooting energy beams from their palms. The beams hit each other, resulting in a large explosion (but both men are okay). Tony bashes his wall with a large mallet while rebuilding his lab. Tony directs a device to fire a laser toward a specific object in his lab (to activate, fuel or do something similar), but the beam causes lots of damage elsewhere in the room as it makes its way toward that target. We see the legs of two goons hanging in midair (from Ivan killing and then hanging them -- not seen). We later see their dead bodies in full, still hanging there. When Pepper and Natalie arrive and want Justin to fix his out of control drone problem, he mutters to another man that they need to get those "bitches" out of there. In response, Natalie slams and pins Justin down onto something. Ivan remotely controls heavily armored soldier drones as well as Jim's modified Iron Man suit to attack Iron Man. They fire at him as he takes flight, followed by an air chase with more machine guns fired at him (and buildings and such are hit by accident in the process), while other drones still on the ground fire small explosives that cause nearby people to panic. During this, Iron Man zaps one such drone, another crashes into a bridge pillar, and he zaps another that's about to shoot a young boy. Many cars are blasted by gunfire and explode during the chase. Happy punches one guard, but then gets into a fight with him (played for laughs, although the blows are hard), eventually ending when Happy bites the man's ear or face and then hits him again. During that, Natalie easily defeats many guards in a variety of ways (punches, kicks, zapping and hanging one -- although he's still alive when we see him again). Iron Man and Jim (in an Iron Man suit) collide in midair and crash to the ground where they battle until Natalie overrides Ivan's remote command of Jim's suit. Iron Man and Jim (in an Iron Man suit) find themselves surrounded by the heavily armed and armored drones. A large scale battle follows, with hitting, kicking and blasting each other with gunfire and explosions. That finally ends when Iron Man activates a large laser that cuts all of the drones in half. Iron Man and Jim (in an Iron Man suit) battle Ivan who strikes and then entangles both with his electrified whips. They get out of that by shooting their palm energy blasts at each other, with those beams colliding and causing a large explosion. Iron Man and Jim fly away just in time as bombs in drones as well as Ivan's suit detonate, setting off many explosions. Iron Man then races to grab and save Pepper just in the nick of time right before a drone near her similarly explodes. Senator Stern purposefully pricks Tony with an award while putting that on his chest. Reviewed May 3, 2010 / Posted May 7, 2010

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