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First Look: Whiplash in Iron Man 2

Who Knew Mickey Rourke Looked Like an Old Hag? / Dustin Rowles

Trade News | June 10, 2009 | Comments (23)

Here you go, folks. Here is what Mickey Rourke’s Whiplash will look like in Iron Man 2. Are you wet? Hot? Bothered? A little queasy?

He looks a little like Mrs. Ganush from Drag Me to Hell to me.

And as you can see here, Whiplash is sporting a power device on his chest, similar to the one worn by Tony Stark. Said device is attached to a couple of whips. He’s one of those S & M villian types.

And is that a Nascar track? Really?


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Comments

If I were Whiplash, I'd recommend a little more armor and, I don't know, maybe a helmet. The ppor design reminds me a little of those ridiculously stupid power-armored gun mechs in the Matrix sequels. It was a horrible design. Sure, it had big giant mini-guns for arms, but the pilot was thrust out right in front of everything with absolutely zero protection.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at June 10, 2009 10:01 AM

So is every villain in this series going to be powered with stolen/cloned versions of Iron Man's mini-reactor? And is that a loin cloth he's wearing?

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at June 10, 2009 10:04 AM

For the moment, it looks like a regular, old NASCAR track, but once the cgi wizards are done with it, he'll be standing, Gladiator-like, on the world's largest indoor arena, surrounded by thousands - nay, tens-of-thousands - of screaming plebians, demanding blood, their money's worth, and a year's supply of Werther's Original Caramels!

Either that, or a pod race...

Posted by: malikvlc at June 10, 2009 10:06 AM

Are the tats part of the original character design?

Posted by: Neodiogenes at June 10, 2009 10:14 AM

After last awards season, nothing about this man surprises me, bur it's all depressing.

Well, no -- I retract that: I'm surprised he didn't find a way to wheedle his remaining chihuahuas into the contract so that could be onscreen with him at all times.

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at June 10, 2009 10:24 AM

Whiplash is going for the Washed Up Trophy Wife hairdo here.

Posted by: Kballs at June 10, 2009 10:25 AM

What the fuck is wrong with me? Do I have some sort of condition where I find dirty old bums sexy? Maybe it's the tats...or the half stripped prison jumper. Either way, I need therapy.

Posted by: Marra at June 10, 2009 10:30 AM

Could we maybe establish a superhero movie quota maximum, and set it at ... gee, I dunno, how about 365 a year? That would reduce the current output by several thousand and still give the geeks one a day to splooge over.

In return, I'll think about going to see a movie.

Do we have a deal, Hwood?

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at June 10, 2009 10:31 AM

My four year old saw this picture and started cackling uncontrollably. I asked her what was funny. She said, "HAHAHAHAHA! HE'S NOT A ROBOT!" She also says that Iron Man will beat him up, which is a pretty good prediction since it is his movie.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at June 10, 2009 10:47 AM

Yeah, kinda figured that Whiplash was going to look ridiculous. Go back and see, I'll wait.

See?

Obviously they are still going with the Armor Wars thing, since they pretty much established the leaking of the technology in the first film. But I will give them the benefit of a doubt, and assume that this is a prototype similar to Tony's original tinkerings.

Posted by: Vermillion at June 10, 2009 10:53 AM

I'm surprised he didn't find a way to wheedle his remaining chihuahuas into the contract so that could be onscreen with him at all times.

Whiplash does travel by dogsled but chihuahuas pulling him would have made the character not believable.

Posted by: branded at June 10, 2009 10:54 AM

Get that man a shirt. Make it out of his damn dogs if need to, but a shirt is pretty much a necessity. I'm betting that's a prison jumpsuit.

Posted by: Mrcreosote at June 10, 2009 11:06 AM

Looks like he's wearing a kilt. Is Whiplash Scottish? Cuz those Scots are EVIL. He might force Robocop (Rocketeer? Rocketman?) to eat haggis or something.

Posted by: jimbob at June 10, 2009 11:17 AM

Know who now looks like a MORE brokedown Rourke...?

Judge Reinhold. Saw him at a charity reception thing last week. Same hair as the above pic. Same disgraced-German-doctor plastic surgery. Same cloud of off-putting creepiness.

(I am unfamiliar with the Whiplash character.)

Posted by: firedmyass at June 10, 2009 11:19 AM

Oh that's just NOT a good sign. Please, someone tell me that Rourke only makes a cameo in the sequel. Because, if that's the best they could come up with for what they perceive as one of their major villains, Iron Man 2 just might be fucked.

Posted by: David at June 10, 2009 12:09 PM

I'm not familiar with the comic, but how are whips to be useful against an iron-suited dude?

Posted by: Cindy at June 10, 2009 12:29 PM

Ick...he looks like a Burning Man escapee. Like he's going to start twirling and singing about the beauty of the world and/or UFOs.

Posted by: figgy at June 10, 2009 1:25 PM

I'm not familiar with Whiplash, but a half naked man with whips could easily be taken out by a good sniper positioned 1/2 mile away.

Posted by: BWeaves at June 10, 2009 1:28 PM

I seriously first thought that was Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Posted by: Whorish Mouth at June 10, 2009 2:40 PM

We have truly gone around the bend as a society when a photo of Joycelyn Wildenstein doesn't rate so much as a shrug....

Posted by: sansho1 at June 10, 2009 3:05 PM

I'm letting my geerky shine through today, man. In the comics, Whiplash was a woman, wife to Backlash. She's not even a D-List villain, completely useless.

Posted by: chenry at June 10, 2009 4:04 PM

In plastic surgery all roads lead to the same face...

Posted by: Recondite at June 10, 2009 4:53 PM

Dude you’re going up against “Iron Man,” a guy that can fly at super sonic speeds and has lasers and shit built into his iron suit. What happened to the days when villains took pride in the way they looked?

Posted by: Guess Who! at June 10, 2009 6:28 PM