Iron Man 2
NZ release: 29 April 2010
Violence Rated on: 29 January 2025
What’s it about?
With the world now aware of his identity as Iron Man, Tony Stark must face both his declining health and a mad engineer who intends to get revenge for his father.
The facts
- Directed by Jon Favreau
- Starring Robert Downey Jr. (Avengers: Endgame), Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love), Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda), Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction).
- English, French, and Russian languages
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- 3rd release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Why did it get this rating?
This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Violence
This film contains moderate superhero and fantasy violence, with frequent explosions and hand-to-hand combat, and minimal blood spurts shown. Some battles are loud and intense.
Some of the strongest moments of violence in the film include:
- One character leaves two guards hanging from the ceiling. We see blood on his hands, implying he killed them.
- Characters use weaponised suits that fire various missiles, bombs, and other weapons. They cause huge amounts of chaos, with some civilian deaths implied.
- A character beats up his cellmate, smashing his head on the toilet with some blood shown. Later his cell explodes, and it is implied he was killed in the explosion.
Offensive language
The film has occasional use of coarse language including “sh*t,” “ass,” and “bitch.”
When content stays with you:
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