The birth of a new superhero

Rating: 8/10 (2 May 2010)

Robert Downey Junior plays Tony Stark a rich billionaire of Stark Industries who is kidnapped in Afghanistan. He builds a metal suit to escape and ends up deciding to fight crime with his Iron suit calling himself Iron Man.
Iron Man is a great film, though not quite as terrific as the first two Spiderman's or Batman Begins (but certainly better than The Dark Knight). It has a great story some terrific action and special effects and Downey Jr just revels in his role of enjoyment bringing wit to an already decent script and humour. Terrence Howard as Rodney provides good support and Jeff Bridges as the villain Obadiah Stane is great. A terrific film this is as the story of how Stark wants and why he becomes Iron Man is built up nicely making him a more interesting character (similar to why Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins wanted and how he became Batman). This gives the story substance and the film intelligence and you actually care about Stark. I didn't love Iron Man, but I really did enjoy it. It's a pity the second didn't do as well, but this dosen't tarnish the first one's reputation. A new hero has been born.