Leaden

Rating: 3/10 (27 December 2008)

The head of a company that makes national defense weapons is kidnapped by Arabs and develops an iron armor to escape, later using the suit to become a super hero. This film seems like a rehash of Batman and Spiderman except it is much worse than any film in those two series. The director's obsession with tedious special effects adds to the woes of an awful script. The climactic battle between Good Medium-Sized Iron Man and Bad Over-Sized Iron Man is utterly ridiculous. Downey gives a pretty good performance, keeping this from becoming a total failure. The best thing about the film is the relationship between him and Paltrow. The worst is that stupid device in Iron Man's chest.