IRON MAN 2 trailer rules

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

At this point, Jon Favreau has my unreserved faith for this character, and the Marvel universe. I know he has said in the past that he won't direct The Avengers but I watch the new trailer for Iron Man 2 and I can't see a better person for the job. He knows exactly how to tap into what fans want, and he delivers it big time. The new trailer coasts familiar territory for a while before morphing into a second half of exciting new wonders and orgasmic shots. It's almost all new footage after the half-way mark, and seeing those robotic clones of Iron Man fight against War Machine and Stark is a delight. We get a great look at the characters of Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and even Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury makes an appearance. Mickey Rourke's villain Whiplish also gets fleshed out a little more.

See it in Apple HD Quicktime HERE. There's certainly a feel for The Dark Knight in terms of the action scene direction from Favreau and the obvious face-to-face prison meeting between Stark and Rourke but I can only think that's a good thing. If Favreau can make a movie a 1/4 as tense as Chris Nolan and keep the same interest held from the first movie, then this movie could end up being the most enjoyable summer blockbuster. On the basis of this trailer - Marvel have a huge hit on their hands come May 7th (U.S.) and quite astonishingly, IMDB list April 30th (U.K.).