
The sequel to last year's blockbuster Iron Man is due out in 2010 and Entertainment Weekly has some sweet pictures. Mickey Rourke plays Whiplash and Scarlett Johansson plays Black Widow. According to EW, the story will tell of the beginning of Tony Stark's alcoholism (this could be a whole movie in itself) and he has to battle Whiplash, a Russian inventor, and teams up with War Machine, Marvel's affirmative action answer to Iron Man.
Basically, we have all the ingredients for a kick-ass movie. The bad guy and the hot chick are both Russian. The main character is an alcoholic and gets a hip, new sidekick. It's cinema gold. I have no doubt Jon Favreau will do another awesome job, but if I were directing this movie this is how it'd go...
First, Iron Man would be played by Christian Slater so he wouldn't have to act like he was suffering from substance abuse. War Machine would be played by Lawrence Taylor and would have to use several catch phrases from the 80s and 90s (cowabunga, don't go there, get the picture, etc...) during the course of the film. Carmen Electra would play the Black Widow. Whiplash would have to be played by Jake Busey and would also have a drinking problem.
The movie would have the same plot only a much more depressing ending. Since I don't know the ending, mine will be that Iron Man gets attacked by Whiplash during an AA meeting but luckily for him, War Machine was bumping rails in the bathroom, kills Whiplash and gets Iron Man to a hospital. Unbeknowst to anyone, Whiplash has just ended a six week cycle of sperm donations ensuring at least eight to ten sequels and more money for the franchise and more roles for Jake Busey.
Either way, this movie will kick ass because of Mickey Rourke's addition. Before he signed on, Rourke's contract had to procure at least ten instances where he called another actor "brother" and gave out at least twelve fist bumps.

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