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The raucous, raunchy laughs are indeed plentiful and the gags often outrageous, but what really drives the film is the unpredictability of the script.

It is classless, it is tasteless, it is idiotic, it is juvenile and it is something your mother totally wouldn't approve of. But it also is flat-out hilarious

Luketic's dunderheaded, would-be caper is a morality tale where the only moral at stake is the dullard-hero's thoughtless entitlement

It's a slick enough movie, with an intriguing enough concept. It would be a much more enjoyable movie, however, if the wheels didn't come off script-wise.

We'd have breathed a sigh of relief if it were merely not awful. The fact that it's actually pretty good, a gleefully silly action parody that doesn't run out of steam before it's over, is just icing on the cake.

So unrelenting in its attempt to win over the audience with its childish brand of humor that you can't help but join in the laughter

 

Downey's Stark was a human hero. But the dude in "Iron Man 2" has gone superhero and the synthetic construction doesn't offer the same fullness of character it once did

Recognizes and repeats a lot of the things that made the original great, but also falls victim to many of the pitfalls of past superhero sequels