move over Batman there's a new man in town and he rocks

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2008)

I caught this movie in my local cinema despite never reading any of the comics and I was pleasantly surprised. I had heard some pretty favourable reviews so I went to see it with pretty high expectations but it still delivered big time. For two hours I was glued to my seat completely lost in what I was watching and that hasn't happened to me in quite a while. Robert Downey Jr completely steals the show as the impulsive and slightly irresponsible Tony Stark. It is very difficult to introduce a Superhero to the big screen and provide a sound base for it's future sequels to build on but Iron man has achieved just that. Superhero movies have been frankly quite lame of late, for instance Fantastic Four,Spiderman 3,Superman Returns so Iron Man was a very pleasant surprise for me. Not every Superhero movie have good action sequences,have a good story and raise a political message and still be entertaining. I can safely say that Iron Man is the best Superhero movie since Batman Begins. I will look forward to future sequels with extreme anticipation.