As recently as May 2020, Collider ranked Iron Man 2 last among all 23 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Iron Man 2 lumbers under its own weight, trying to do too much with not enough time, and the critics agree. The 2010 sequel is the Marvel movie that's arguably aged the worst since its release, a decade ago on May 7. It's the first of many mic drop moments in a movie that feels bloated despite being short by Marvel movie standards (124 minutes never felt so long), but it's also the true beginning of a journey that would give superhero movie fans some of their best moments of the decade. 'If there's one thing that I've proven, it's that you can count on me to pleasure myself.'įlexing on corporate rivals and Congress alike, Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark drops this line at the start of Iron Man 2.
