Sequel a bit of a letdown, but still a "fun ride"
A movie franchise can only take us by surprise once, and by that measure, “Iron Man 2″ is a preordained letdown. But so much of what gave the first film its gas — the sass, the pizzazz, the ironic amusement of cast and script at the very idea of a rich, party-animal arms dealer (Robert Downey Jr.) remaking himself and the world with an ultimate-weapon armored suit — is still here. If the morality, the pathos of death, the tenderness of the would-be romance between Tony Stark/Iron Man and his assistant, Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), are missing, “Iron Man 2″ is still a fun ride.
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Sequel a bit of a letdown, but still a "fun ride"