Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jnr.) is a genius. He is the head of Stark Industries, a military weaponry company inherited by his father. While taking a trip to Afghanistan to witness the demonstration of a new weapon, Stark is wounded and captured during an attack. A fellow captive builds an electromagnet, powered by an electric generator called the Arc Reactor, to keep the shrapnel in his chest away from his heart. They capture Stark in order for him to build the terrorists a Jericho missile, which by doing so he will apparently earn his freedom. He escapes using a suit of armour he and the other captive secretly built. Upon his return, Stark announces that Stark Industries will no longer manufacture weapons. In his workshop he begins construction on an improved version of the suit he escaped in, and a more powerful Arc Reactor. He discovers that his father's old business partner and second in command, Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), has been selling the terrorist group weapons. He returns to Afghanistan to take down the terrorists and stop Obadiah Stane from taking over Stark Industries.
Iron Man really is a good movie. Robert Downey Jnr. plays a really good rich playboy turned superhero and, as usual, everything Jeff Bridges touches turns to gold. There are also some really good supporting roles from Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard as Starks two good friends. The special effects are also spectacular. Of course, there are little niggly flaws, but that's the case in most movies. Iron Man introduced a whole new audience to the superhero and probably helped overtake Spiderman as Marvel's most liked superhero.
8/10
The Awesominator
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