A well done, well executed superhero film.

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2012)

Iron Man is one our most beloved superheros, so it was no surprise that he was brought to the big screen, and this one is easily one of the top 5 super hero movies ever made. It's that good.
All the actors are great. Robert Downey Jr. was perfectly cast as Tony Stark, and Jeff Bridges does a great job as Obadiah Stane (Kind of a stupid name if you ask me.) They do a great job at fleshing out how and why Tony Stark became Iron Man. He became the bionic superhero based on his own traumatic experiences, and the fact that he wants to protect the people he put in harms way because of his company and his work, because Tony Stark was originally a weapons designer whose prototypes fell into the wrong hands.
The action scenes are great. Every bit of action in this movie was great and keep me on the edge of my seat throughout. They all made me wonder what was going to happen next, and would it be bad or not, and that's exactly what an action movie should do.
I have to admit, the beginning leading up to Tony Stark becoming Iron man moved a little slow, and the final climactic fight should have been a little bit more climactic, but those are mild criticisms at best. Iron man is a fantastic summer movie and a fantastic superhero movie. It's well worth a watch for anyone.