A great movie but, not as great as it could have been.

Rating: 8/10 (26 April 2013)

Iron Man 3 continues with the story of Tony Stark/Iron Man(Robert Downey Jr.) who is now in a steady relationship with Pepper Potts(Gwyneth Paltrow). In the third installment we come across a more vulnerable & anxiety ridden Iron Man. After the life changing battle of New York(the battle takes place in The Avengers), Stark still has nightmares about the incident & suffers from insomnia. A new threat, who calls himself The Mandarin(Ben Kingsley), is a terrorist who's known everywhere. His next target is the USA & the president of the US, Sal Kennedy(William Sadler). In the course of the film, Iron Man also meets people he met long ago at a new year's eve party in Switzerland like, Aldrich Killian(Guy Pearce) & Maya Hansen(Rebecca Hall). Now, it is up to Iron Man & James Rhodes/Iron Patriot(Don Cheadle) to protect America & the president from the brutal terrorist, Mandarin.
I would like to start by saying that, Iron Man 3 was a brilliant film! The special effects were mind blowing, the action sequences were insanely awesome & both Aldrich Killian & The Mandarin were terrifying villains. The 3D was spectacular, especially in all the action sequences. However, the film wasn't brilliant enough. After watching The Avengers, my expectations were sky high. Though this film was wonderful in many aspects, it didn't have as much Iron Man in it, as we would've liked to have. We have plenty of Tony Stark but, we hardly see Iron Man in action. Even in the sequences where he's in action as Iron Man, he's overshadowed by the Iron Patriot, his various Iron Man suits & even Pepper Potts who have more to do in the action packed scenes than Iron Man himself. Iron Man just stands around doing almost nothing. The performances are mind blowing. Robert Downey Jr. is irresistible as Tony Stark/Iron Man. After seeing him in four movies playing the same character, it's hard to imagine anyone else in the title role. Gwyneth Paltrow is great as Stark's girlfriend Pepper Potts. Guy Pearce is outstanding as baddie, Aldrich Killian. Ben Kingsley is terrifyingly brilliant as Iron Man's archenemy, The Mandarin. Don Cheadle is impressive as James Rhodes/Iron Patriot. Rebecca Hall is effective as Maya Hansen. Jon Favreau is hilarious as Happy Hogan. Paul Bettany is hysterical as the voice of Jarvis. William Sadler is great as US president, Sal Kennedy. James Badge Dale & Stephanie Szostak are impressive as supporting characters, Eric Savin & Ellen Brandt respectively. I would like to sign off by saying, Iron Man 3 is worth a watch, especially in 3D. An all-out entertainer!