Iron Man 2
Stream on Disney+
Runtime: 2 Hours 6 Minutes
Rated PG-13
After discovering that his A.R.C. reactor is slowly killing him, Tony must come up with a new source of power to keep him alive and power his armor. However, with the world now aware that he is Ironman he faces pressure to figure out how to run his company, the military to turn over his suit to them, competitors wanting to steal copy his technology, and someone who is bent on killing him publicly.
Themes:
Iron Man, revenge, Stark Expo, government, weapons, spies, signing over Stark Industries, risky behavior, S.H.I.E.L.D., replicating technology, protecting the world, military, Warmachine, loyalty, love, espionage, and MCU world building.
Language:
A*s - 6 Hell - 4 Sh*t - 2 Religious Exclamations - 10
There is a joke about a “prick being annoying” when someone get stuck with pin.
Stuff to be aware of:
Grossness - After being beat up a character spits blood at someone. The sickness caused by the A.R.C. reactor leaves Tony with an odd, computer looking rash. It is on his neck and chest and looks gross.
Sexual - In one scene at the Stark Expo a bunch of women in two piece bikini type outfits dance around Tony on stage. There is a brief scene in which we see through Tony’s eyes and he checks out a woman with a low cut top. Tony makes a joke about prostitution. Tony makes a joke about “pleasuring himself.” Later, there is a joke about a female reporter, “doing a large spread on” Tony. A female asks Tony if his drink is, “dirty enough.” A man mentions that he might get laid.
There is a photo of Scarlett Johansson that is pulled up in a low revealing top and it is mentioned that her character models. She wears clothes that shows her cleavage multiple times. A very muscular man is seen sitting in nothing but his whitey tighties. During a part scene several women are in bikinis with towels wrapped around their waists. Scarlett Johansson changes in the back of a car and you briefly see her in a bra. A second later you see her bare leg.
Violence - There is a scene in which multiple race cars crash with explosions. Tony briefly has fire on his arm. A man gets smashed against a fence by the front of a car multiple times. Iron Man fights a villain named Whiplash who has what looks like electric whips. He whips and chokes Iron Man multiple times. A man breaks another man’s neck. This is seen from behind the back of the man breaking his neck so the viewer doesn’t see it happen. Two men get hung off screen, but viewers only see them hanging from the waist down. Later, their whole bodies are seen hanging when someone enters the room.
There are plenty of fight scenes with robots, but also there is an intense fist fight between Happy and a guard. Happy bites the man’s ear. Black Widow beats up several men during this time. Some get shocked.
Other - Tony and Pepper drink champagne together. A character says, “If you can make God bleed, people will cease to believe in Him.” In a party scene Tony is wearing the ironman suit and is drinking a lot of alcohol. He is very drunk in this scene.
Overall:
Seeing It With Your Family
Language and violence wise this isn’t too much more intense than the first one. The men being hung by Ivan might be a little more violent than scenes in the first one. There is less on screen sexual situations, but there are several sexual jokes.
What I Thought
Iron man 2 is a classic. It does struggle under the weight of world building, introducing new characters, bringing in outside characters, and dealing with multiple plot threads that keeps it from being as good as the first, but still a good MCU movie.