

as key fixtures of popular culture.Įven as a feat of world-building, Iron Man 2 does little to expand on previous films. However, it helped further cement Tony Stark and Robert Downey Jr.

Truth be told, it doesn't have enough by way of narrative risks to be a memorable failure either. The descriptor feels apt, since the film features neither the novel spark of its predecessor, nor the emotional highs of Marvel's future installments. Iron Man 2 is "fine," in the most middle-of-the-road, passive-watch sense. (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit all 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, "How did we get here?" In this edition: Marvel drops the ball with Iron Man 2.
