Six months after revealing to the world he is really the armored super-hero Iron Man, Tony Stark has been busy Movie Splice. He's been using the suit to protect the world, but at the the same time he's selfishly used it to make himself an even bigger star and increase his already big ego Movie Splice. But the notoriety has made him a target. The U.S. Senate wants him to turn the armor over to them, his biggest rival Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) not only wants to create suits like Tony, but almost literally be Tony and his shenanigans have forced the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.) to put a closer eye on him Movie Splice. Tony also discovers there is threat out there with a mind almost as brilliant as his own Movie Splice. Russian criminal Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), son of a scientist who worked side by side with his father Howard Stark is out for revenge and has nearly perfectly duplicated the arc reactor technology. He gets a wake up call when an opportunity for him to showboat on a racetrack in Monaco turns deadly as Ivan arrives with lethal suit of his own and nearly kills Tony with it. There are some mid-movie bright spots; Tony, convinced he's going to die, gets drunkenly out of control at his birthday party and Rhodey is forced to don the silver Iron Man Mark II armor to deal with him Movie Splice. And individual scenes work - Favreau has assembled a fine cast with terrific chemistry, and almost every single individual scene is fun. It's just that when they play out one after another in the middle of the film there's no feeling of momentum or danger or even a noticeable plot moving forward Movie Splice. Fond memories of Saturday teatimes spent with Hannibal Smith and the rest of The A-Team? Prepare to have them squelched. The big-screen reboot unwittingly reviews itself, chiefly by peppering its script with apt exclamations every half-minute Movie Splice. "This is a mistake!", screams someone. Yes, it's a mistake Movie Splice. "This is so wrong!" Movie Splice. You bet. "This is beyond nuts, boss!", Bradley Cooper's in-your-face Face yells at Smith, played with what sounds like a nasty sore throat by Liam Neeson Movie Splice. "It gets better," Smith croaks Movie Splice. No, it doesn't. Kurt Wimmer's screenplay mimics the challenges in trusting a spy. One minute, we're certain Salt is a heroine we can believe in Movie Splice. Then her actions suggest otherwise Movie Splice. Is she on the run or on the job? Is she clearing her name or carrying out a long-programmed mission? This is well- seasoned stuff Movie Splice. Andy is taking Woody with him, but he tosses the rest of the gang in a garbage bag to be put away in the attic. Through a series of mishaps, they think that Andy has thrown them away and Woody, rather than remain in the safety of the packing box he's been put in, rushes off to save them Movie Splice. Thus begins the long journey from the security of a kid who loved them but grew up, to a day care center that seems like heaven, to an ending that is poetic, upbeat, and yet completely heartbreaking acknowledging as it does the ruthless and inescapable way that time passes Movie Splice.