Awful mess

Rating: 3/10 (10 March 2010)

Thoroughly disappointing comic book film that spends far too much time explaining where the suit comes from, why and how it is made etc etc and not nearly enough time demonstrating the suit's abilities. Basically, there's not enough action. Robert Downey Junior does what can reasonably be expected with his 1 dimensional womanising misogynist whist everyone else barely registers on the radar. There's a ridiculous sexual subtext between RDJ and his PA and some blokes from a shadowy government agency appear twice, without reason, then disappear again after doing nothing in particular. All in all a waste of screen time for most of those concerned.