Review of Iron Man 2 (2010) by Carrie T — 06 Sep 2017

Iron Man 2 has its great moments, and a great performance from Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, but the attempt to build up the cinematic universe around it made it suffer.

This review of Iron Man 2 (2010) was written by Carrie T on 06 Sep 2017.

Iron Man 2 has generally received positive reviews.

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