Damp Squib villain

Rating: 7/10 (21 June 2013)

The movie lacks a strong Foe for our hero. Even though the plot to mask the real villain was good, the fact that the actual villain had so little screen presence as against the fake one (the Mandarin) killed the excitement of the final clash and movie built up. It seems like the writers and directors also felt the actual villain was inadequate and gave him dragon like ability to breathe fire as an afterthought "Why just give him the power to throw fire and not his henchmen!!". The fact that Iron man makes hundreds of robots and they face off with army of villains at the climax takes the charm off the usual "Hero fighting and defeating all enemy himself" feeling. Also, giving pepper potts the iron man suit and then regeneration power of the villain in the end makes me feel that they wanted greater involvement from leading lady ,making the entire portrayal feel forced just to get a ending with her in frame. In all the Movie failed to keep me glued to the seat and I felt the previous parts were better in terms of balance, action, acting and finish.