Ivan Vanko, played by Mickey Rourke, is the son of Anton Vanko one of the co-creators of the Arc Reactor. He spend many years caring for his father before his death at the beginning of Iron Man 2. He ...

Ivan Vanko, played by Mickey Rourke, is the son of Anton Vanko one of the co-creators of the Arc Reactor. He spend many years caring for his father before his death at the beginning of Iron Man 2. He ...

The first note about this movie I have in my tiny notebook is “Dark version of main theme at beginning”. We discussed this in the discussion after the movie—as Ivan goes to work on a suit to rival ...

"You come from a family of thieves, and butchers. And like all guilty men, you try to rewrite your history, to forget all the lives the Stark family has destroyed."~Ivan Vanko in the "Iron Man 2" ...

So, I know that this is a little later than one would expect it to be, but my "Iron Man 2" high was hard to come down from, and made me a little restless. Anyway, here is my review: OK, so let's start ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2026. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Tony Stark breaks all the rules (even the one that says superheroes must ...

While not the genre-setter that Spider-Man 2 or The Dark Knight which came after it was, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man 2 was an impressive comic-to-screen adaptation that truly expands upon the ...

Iron Man 2 kicks off what Hollywood hopes will be a lucrative summer movie season. Robert Downey Jr. stars as affable billionaire Tony Stark, also known as Iron Man. The first film earned $585 million ...

Vanko is the father of the Marvel Comics super villain Ivan Vanko, also known as Whiplash in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Whiplash was Iron Man’s main antagonist in Iron Man 2, swearing revenge on ...

His power: Vanko possesses an exoskeletal suit, powered by a modified arc reactor, that controls two long, electrified whips that emit massive amounts of energy, rendering them able to slice through ...