Superhero rallies from anxiety attacks to win again.

Rating: 7/10 (24 May 2013)

The plot interweaves a host of American anxieties: freelance terrorists, the radical global mass murder organization, the oil spills and the political system that defends them, the dread empowerment of women, the infiltration of federal government by self-serving traitors, fatherless children who turn to weapons and charismatic leaders, and the apparently unstoppable seduction of innocence and idealism by which every technological advance breeds a new weaponry. In the face of all this, this Iron Man is still the super-powerful -- both in intellect and wealth -- force but here debilitated by self-doubt, even anxiety attacks. He's so insecure that his security head Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau), promoted from bodyguard, after a few scenes of efficiency spends the rest of the film in a coma. As Hogan is played by the director of the earlier Iron Man films, Stark is left unprotected by not just his guard but his earlier maker. For more see www.yacowar.blogpost.com.