An absolute joke. A smoke & mirrors ploy that truly hurts the fans there supposed to service.

Rating: 1/10 (6 May 2013)

Minor Spoilers ahead.
Rarely do I pinch myself in the middle of viewing a movie to find out if I am dreaming or not. More like a nightmare, this movie was a forced cash grab with no true intent to continue the Phase 2 marvel universe. I am not sure what the purpose of this film is. RDJ feels like an auto-pilot version of himself jumping from suit-to-suit in an endless dizzying display of CGI. Pepper Potts is in this one too, I loved her in the others but you can convince me that someone like Pepper can go through all that and not have some PTSD herself?? Oh, on that issue, how does Tony go through 3 previous movies total...and only experience anxiety on his last adventure. Don Cheadle was very good. Although I felt that War Machine (Iron Patriot) was a little underwhelming. And now, for the big one, the supposed Ben Kingsley as The Mandarin. THE WORST AND MOST HORRIFYING TWIST A PERSON COULD EVER THINK OF!!! What would of happened if they did that to the Joker in Dark Knight or Loki in Avengers or Bane in Rises. The same thing I guess, a titanic outcry in the community of comic book lovers who rely on movies like these to convince the masses who don't have time to read the comics that there is something to love in this universe. The non comic book fans who actually like this movie now think the Mandarin (an insanely awesome COMIC character) is now a joke. A really really bad joke. Its bad. Real bad. And don't get me started on Guy Peirce. I cant stomach writing this review for much longer. Just don't see it in theaters. Red Box it. Netflix it. or even better Don't See It.