Specutacular action/adventure/fantasy.

Rating: 8/10 (17 October 2008)

An happy, careless, alcoholic, arms dealer/billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) lives the life of a man. Who makes smart weapons for the military. But after he nearly died from a terrorist attack. A kind man named Yinsen (Shaun Toub), he's innocent prisoner... who's saved the life of Stark by creating an unusual nuclear powered fueled heart to keep Stark alive. The terrorists wants Stark to build an weapon, which Stark finds out that many of his designed weapons have fallen into the wrong hands. Now Stark and Yinsen are building together an superior roughly designed human iron shield to saved their own lives. When the shield turned out to be a success to escape but Stark lost his new friend for freedom. Once Stark is back in the United States, he decides to stop selling weapons for good but he decides to fight back the terrorists that nearly killed him by building an flying iron shield suit to beat them.
Directed by Jon Favreau (Elf, Made, Zathura:A Space Adventure) made an enjoyable action/adventure/fantasy that is truly helped by Downey Jr's terrific performance. The lead actor certainly hits an home run with this one, especially his comedic supporting performance of a Ben Stiller film "Tropic Thunder". Downey Jr after years of solid work, he finally become an movie star. Director Favreau never slow down the film by adding plenty of action, fantasy and comedy. The director also manages to have an strong supporting performances by Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard and Oscar-Winner:Gwyneth Paltrow. "Iron Man" is based on a popular Marvel comic book.
DVD has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. The DVD's only special feature is Deleted/Extended Scenes, which some are interesting. "Iron Man" turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 2008. It was well received by the film critics and moviegoers. "Iron Man" is certainly a lot of fun but the only complain that the story turns are always predictable. But that doesn't stop you from enjoying it. If you haven't seen it, don't mess it. Director Favreau appears in a bit part as Stark's bodyguard, watch quickly for Stan Lee and there's an genuine surprise after the end credits. Also available in a Collector's Two-Disc Edition for DVD and Blu-ray. Super 35. (****/*****).