Iron Man 2 (2010)
Related: Iron Man (2008), Thor (2011), Iron Man 3 (2013)
This sequel begins with Tony Stark, the main character and hero, boasting about how the world is better off because of him, and ends with him agreeing with an assessment that he fits the definition of "textbook narcissism." All throughout the film this hero is portrayed as a womanizer, reveler, drunkard, and blasphemer.
This movie should be avoided because it is filled with profanity (at least 20 instances) and blasphemy (God's name is taken in vain at least 20 times), and involves and/or promotes immodesty, lust, sexual immorality, drunkenness, and disdain for authority. Since its heroes practice sin, this movie conditions viewers to substitute evil for good and good for evil (Isa. 5:20) by praising evildoers who ought to be despised (Ps. 15:4; Pro. 28:4).
Violations of God's Law
Defiance against God
This movie violates the First Commandment.
- The post-credits scene features Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor (false Norse deity turned superhero)
Blasphemy and Profanity
This movie violates the Third Commandment. God has warned that he will not hold guiltless those who take his name in vain (Ex. 20:7). God requires oaths to be sworn by his name (Deut. 6:13).
- Tony takes God's name in vain at least 5 times, and swears a profane oath
- Pepper takes God's name in vain at least 8 times
- Justin takes God's name in vain at least 5 times, including uttering "Jesus Christ" in vain
- Ivan takes God's name in vain at least once
- Profane references: hell (4), among others
- At the end of the film, the song "Highway to Hell" by the rock band AC/DC is played as Tony is presented awards, with the lyrics, "I'm on the highway to hell…"
Disdain for Authority
This movie promotes violations of the Fifth Commandment. Those who despise government are likened to brute beasts who will be condemned (2Pe. 2:10-12; Jude 1:8-10).
- Tony uses abusive language to treat the civil magistrate with contempt (the scene is intended to provoke laughter)
- A military general is shown despising the civil magistrate
Abuse, Violence, and Murder
This movie promotes violations of the Sixth Commandment. The Bible warns that drunkards will not inherit the kingdom of heaven (1Co. 6:9-10).
- There is a party scene (which goes on for several minutes) with a DJ, rap music, heavy drinking, and immodestly dressed women everywhere
- During the party scene Tony drinks himself into a drunken stupor, where he proceeds to fight his friend James (the scene is intended to provoke laughter). Later he complains of having a hangover.
Immodesty and Sexual Immorality
This movie violates and promotes violations of the Seventh Commandment. The Bible warns that those who do not repent of sexual immorality will not inherit the kingdom of God (1Co. 6:9-10), but will be judged by God (Heb. 13:4). We are commanded to "flee fornication" (1Co. 6:18).
- Tony (Robert Downey Jr., married) and Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow, married) are shown kissing
- There is a scene over a minute long in which a large amount of cheerleaders are barely clothed and dancing
- Natalie is repeatedly shown immodestly dressed (she also shows breast cleavage, is seen getting undressed in the back of a car, and featured in a pictures wearing lingerie)
- Pepper is repeatedly shown immodestly dressed
- Tony and Ivan are repeatedly shown immodestly dressed, shirtless
- Throughout the movie many other women shown immodestly dressed
- Tony jokes about prostitution, to which everyone laughs
- Tony lustfully gazes upon Natalie (including her pictures where she is wearing lingerie) until he is admonished by Pepper about her being a "very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit"
- Justin expresses his intention of engaging in sexual immorality by attending the Expo
- Tony and Pepper use sexual innuendos to refer (favorably) to Tony and Christine's one night stand (the over a minute long sex scene in the first Iron Man movie)
- Tony uses a sexual innuendo to refer to himself masturbating
- Tony jokes about losing kids in a divorce
Sinful Content in Iron Man 2
Warning! The following table contains direct quotations from the film, which include instances of blasphemy, profanity, and other vices.
| Timestamp | Classification | Character | Quote/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:06:00 | Immodesty | Large amount of barely clothed cheerleaders/dancers (over a minute long) | |
| 00:07:25 | Arrogance | Tony Stark | "I'm not saying that the world is enjoying its longest period of uninterrupted peace in years because of me. I'm not saying that from the ashes of captivity, never has a greater phoenix metaphor been personified in human history. I'm not saying that Uncle Sam can kick back on a lawn chair, sipping on an iced tea because I haven't come across anyone who's man enough to go toe-to-toe with me on my best day." |
| 00:09:37 | Immodesty | Female Reporter | Immodestly dressed |
| 00:09:57 | Immodesty | Cleavage shown | |
| 00:10:25 | Lust | Tony Stark | "Does she come with the car?" (joking about a female marshal, standing beside his car, who serves him a subpoena; Stark's chauffeur responds: "I certainly hope so") |
| 00:12:03 | Sexual Immorality | Tony Stark | People laughing as he jokes about prostitution |
| 00:13:29 | Blasphemy | Justin Hammer | "God bless Iron Man, God bless America" |
| 00:16:20 | Profanity | Justin Hammer | "Oh shit, oh shit!" |
| 00:17:00 | Profanity | Tony Stark | "I tried to play ball with these ass-clowns" (speaking of a congressional committee) |
| 00:17:01 | Profanity | Senator Stern | "Fuck you, Mr. Stark. Fuck you, buddy." (the F-word is bleeped out) |
| 00:17:25 | Profanity | Tony Stark | "I will serve this great nation at the pleasure of myself. If there's one thing I've proven, it's that you can count on me to pleasure myself." |
| 00:18:20 | Blasphemy | Tony Stark | "I swear to God I'll dismantle you" |
| 00:18:50 | Immodesty | Tony Stark | Exposes abdomen, chest |
| 00:18:55 | Blasphemy | Tony Stark | "God, they're running out quick" |
| 00:19:25 | Immodesty | Pepper Potts | Scantily dressed |
| 00:20:20 | Arrogance | Pepper Potts | "The expo is your ego gone crazy" |
| 00:23:12 | Profanity | Happy Hogan | "What the hell was that?" |
| 00:23:22 | Lust | Tony Stark | Eyes a scantily dressed woman named Natalie Rushman |
| 00:24:20 | Lust | Pepper Potts | Speaking of Natalie, tells Stark: "she is potentially a very expensive sexual harassment lawsuit if you keep ogling her like that" |
| 00:24:55 | Lust | Tony Stark | Looking at lingerie-clad pictures of Natalie Rushman |
| 00:24:55 | Immodesty | Natalie Rushman | Shown in a picture wearing lingerie |
| 00:25:07 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "Oh my God!" |
| 00:26:40 | Immodesty | Natalie Rushman | Immodestly dressed |
| 00:27:07 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "Oh, God, no. I don't want a massage." (her response when asked by Stark) |
| 00:27:30 | Sexual Innuendo | Christine Everhart | Pepper: "She did quite a spread on Tony last year." Tony: "And she wrote a story as well." (Christine is the reporter in over a minute long sex scene with Tony Stark in the first Iron Man movie) |
| 00:28:05 | Blasphemy | Tony Stark | "God, that's so awful." |
| 00:28:05 | Immodesty | Women | Immodestly dressed |
| 00:30:00 | Immodesty | Ivan (villain) | Scantily dressed |
| 00:34:30 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "Oh my God!" |
| 00:34:52 | Blasphemy | Tony Stark | "God! It's embarassing!" |
| 00:35:02 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "Oh my God" |
| 00:35:30 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "God! God!" |
| 00:37:32 | Blasphemy | Some girl | "Oh my God" |
| 00:37:55 | Immodesty | Ivan | Half-naked |
| 00:39:28 | Blasphemy | Ivan | "If you can make God bleed, the people will cease to believe in him." (referring to Iron Man) |
| 00:40:22 | Immodesty | Pepper Potts | Immodestly dressed |
| 00:44:20 | Minced Oath | Justin Hammer | "Oh goodness gracious" |
| 00:45:22 | Blasphemy | Justin Hammer | "I couldn't bear to have you shipped off to God knows where" |
| 00:46:53 | Immodesty | Women | Immodestly dressed |
| 00:50:32 | Profanity | Ivan | "Software shit" |
| 00:50:55 | Blasphemy | Justin Hammer | "Wait! Oh gosh. Jesus Christ. Get somebody up here." |
| 00:51:42 | Immodesty | Tony Stark | Naked chest |
| 00:51:50 | Immodesty | Natalie Rushman | Immodestly dressed |
| 00:53:20 | Revelry | Party scene with DJ, rap music, heavy drinking (scene goes on for several minutes) | |
| 00:53:20 | Immodesty | Women | Immodestly dressed women everywhere |
| 00:53:20 | Drunkenness | Tony Stark | Gets drunk until the point of drunkenness |
| 00:56:50 | Profanity | Tony Stark | "Give me a phat beat to beat my buddy's ass to." (Stark, in a drunken stupor, is about to fight his friend, James Rhodes) |
| 00:57:46 | Immodesty | Natalie Rushman | Showing cleavage |
| 01:02:00 | Drunkenness | Tony Stark | "I'm a bit hung over." |
| 01:02:10 | Immodesty | Natalie Rushman | Immodestly dressed |
| 01:02:55 | Profanity | Nick Fury | "The little brother walked in there, kicked your ass and took your suit?" |
| 01:03:00 | Blasphemy | Tony Stark | "Oh, God, are you gonna steal my kidney and sell it?" |
| 01:06:20 | Profanity | General | "This ought to get the Senate off my ass" |
| 01:07:38 | Profanity | Nick Fury | "When the Russians found out he couldn't deliver they shipped his ass off to Siberia and he spent the next 20 years in a vodka-fuelled rage" (speaking of the villain, Ivan) |
| 01:14:35 | Profanity | Howard Stark | (Tony Stark's father): "from all of us at Stark Industries, I'd like to personally show you my ass" |
| 01:19:22 | Profanity | Tony Stark | Jokes about losing kids in a divorce |
| 01:25:00 | Immodesty | Tony Stark | Immodestly dressed |
| 01:27:45 | Profanity | Justin Hammer | "What the hell is the difference?" |
| 01:28:00 | Profanity | Justin Hammer | "What the hell does that mean, lvan?" |
| 01:29:37 | Profanity | Justin Hammer | "Now I have a piece of Stark tech that I pimped out myself." |
| 01:29:57 | Sexual Immorality | Justin Hammer | "I'm gonna go to the Expo. Maybe I'll even get laid." |
| 01:31:45 | Immodesty | Tony Stark | Immodestly dressed |
| 01:32:00 | Immodesty | Women | Immodestly dressed |
| 01:33:04 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "Oh, Lord." |
| 01:34:45 | Profanity | Justin Hammer | "That's a hell of a lot better than some cheerleaders, let me tell you." |
| 01:37:55 | Profanity | Justin Hammer | "Listen, we got to get these bitches out of here." |
| 01:40:15 | Immodesty | Natalie Rushman | Getting undressed in back of car |
| 01:46:33 | Profanity | James Rhodes | "Yeah. It's called being a badass." |
| 01:52:18 | Blasphemy | Pepper Potts | "Oh my God! I can't take this anymore." |
| 01:53:15 | Sexual Immorality | Tony Stark | He and Pepper Potts are kissing |
| 01:53:50 | Profanity | Tony Stark | "You kicked ass back there, by the way." |
| 01:55:05 | Arrogance | Tony Stark | Stark agrees with the following assessment he is given: "Personality overview. Mr. Stark displays compulsive behavior. Prone to self-destructive tendencies. Textbook narcissism." |
| 01:56:08 | Profanity | Song "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC plays (with lyrics "I'm on the highway to hell") as Stark is presented awards, and then the movie credits begin rolling | |
| 02:04:18 | The post-credits scene features the hammer of Thor (false Norse god turned superhero) |