Running time: 124 mins.

JON Favreau and his cast return for the explosive sequel to the 2008 blockbuster, based on the red and gold armoured Marvel Comics superhero.

Billionaire industrialist and inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) embraces his dual life as the supersonic Iron Man in the full glare of the media spotlight and wins countless adoring fans in the process.

However, the US government and private investors are keen to acquire his technology for their own needs and Stark resists at all costs.

Aided by beautiful and spirited assistant Virginia ‘Pepper’ Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and good friend, Lieutenant Colonel James ‘Rhodey’ Rhodes (Don Cheadle), Stark attempts to keep his invention secret from prying eyes.