And maybe most importantly, this movie introduces S.H.E.I.L.D.
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In the end, it works, and this movie sets up more characters and plot threads we'll see later in the series Loki (Tom Hiddleston) the trickster, up to no good, Doctor Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), an astrophysicist trying to help Thor get home, and Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) a snarky doctoral student, now appearing on WandaVision. Certainly Thor seems to, so much that Odin exiles him to Earth to learn some humility. But the Asgardians may have started believing in godhood themselves. The MCU gives us an idea that the Asgardians are long-lived, powerful and human-looking aliens and were only seen as gods by ancient Norsemen. But it's the promiscuously talented Downey who adds the grace notes that make Iron Man 2 something to remember." - Peter Travers, Rolling StoneĪfter the events of Iron Man 2, there's a falling out between two gods of Asgard, Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and his son Thor (Chris Hemsworth). "Favreau supplies the go-go-go that makes the movie stratospherically entertaining, even without 3-D.
But there's plenty of action to keep the story moving, and so it's another fun, early chapter in the MCU. And Stark's new assistant turns out to be a secret agent named Natasha Romanov (played by Scarlett Johansson). Stark's long-suffering pal Rhodey (now played by Don Cheadle) gets his own suit, donning the mantle of War Machine. That news has both inspired a competitive weapons designer to create a drone army, while also reigniting a feud between Stark and Ivan Vanko, (played by Mickey Rourke) who makes his own weaponized suit.
In Iron Man 2, we see Tony Stark wrestle with the aftermath of "I am Iron Man" announcement. and Don Cheadle in 'Iron Man 2'Īside from Hulk's story, the other major story in the MCU is still centered on Iron Man.