Beginning of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: 9/10 (31 October 2016)

Iron Man was a pretty heavily hyped movie when it came out. It came at a time when Marvel was re-envisioning their series, and Ultimately creating a new universe in films (and later on TV and movie channels). Some efforts in the past have fallen flat.... Luckily Iron Man wasn't such a move. We get to see the story of how the iconic character goes from being a genius billionaire to a mobile suit wearing super hero. Robert Downey Jr nails the character, it's actually very hard to picture anyone else in the role. As it's an origin story it might not have the most interesting villain for the movie, but it still is someone interesting enough to offer a good story. Basically this movie is what one looks for in a good firsts movie in a major film series. It introduces other Major Characters in the series such as Phil Coulson, Nick Fury. A good movie to start a universe and a good movie all around.