Nice character development for Stark

Rating: 7/10 (4 December 2017)

So after the critically panned Iron Man 2 (I didn't hate it), and the hugely successful Avengers, Robert Downey Jr returns in his third solo outing as Tony Stark AKA Iron Man.
Having developed anxiety and PTSD from the events of the Avengers (which kinda comes out of nowhere), Stark becomes an obsessed fanatic building model after model of his Iron Man suit, fearing he will lose his loved ones.
The demons of his past come back to haunt him when a mad scientist called Aldrich Killian (played by Guy Pearce, whom he humiliated in the past, vows to get revenge after he has successfully climbed the corporate ladder, working for a company called AIM, experimenting in cell regeneration only to result in disaster. Also, a terror threat is ongoing with videos in the style of Osama Bin Laden being distributed by The Mandarin, played by Ben Kingsley, or so we think.
AIM prove to be a formidable threat, nearly devastating Tony's life, as he goes through his own journey of self-discovery hoping to get redemption and retribution. He bonds with a young boy in Tennessee and prepares to deal with the Mandarin and AIM.
This film presents a lot of twists and turns, some of which annoyed comic book fans severely. Me personally, I didn't mind. It's a solid film overall. It gives Stark a bit more depth, as opposed to always being the swaggering smart-ass genius. You feel the stakes a bit more as opposed to the previous Iron Man film, where there weren't any.
It was more of a character story as opposed to your run-of-the-mill superhero films. It has the same story beats as The Incredibles but it's always fun seeing Downey playing Stark.
An alright film.