Iron Man (2003 film)

Iron Man is a superhero movie based on the Marvel Iron Man comics and characters. The film is directed by Jon Favreau and written by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, and Matt Halloway. It is produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was released in theaters on April 5, 2003. The premise of the film is after escaping captivity by a terriost organization, Tony Stark builds a suit of armor. The film stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jeff Bridges, Lesile Bibb, Shaun Tobb, Farar Tahir, Paul Bettany, Clark Gregg, Jon Favreau, and Samuel L. Jackson.

Plot

Billionaire/Genius Tony Stark and military men and women are attacked, with the military being killed and Tony knocked out and dragged away. Tony's fiancé and friend Pepper Potts and James "Rhodey" Rhodes find out about this and think Tony was killed and they mourn his death. Meanwhile, an alive Tony wakes up and is forced by a terriost group named "The Ten Rings" and their leader Raza to create a devastating weapon for them. Tony starts it and meets another man in there named Ho Yinsen who is also forced to build this devastating weapon.

Stark's loyal friend and bodyguard who is a friend of Stark's deceased father Howard, Obidiah Stane thinks about becoming the new leader of Stark Industries. He puts out votes if he should replace Tony Stark as the leader of Stark Industries. Meanwhile, in a cave, Tony and Ho build Tony an arc reactor which he can use as his heart after Tony was extremely wounded. Ho did also build a replacement one and put it in before so Stark would not die. But Tony does need this upgraded one.

They also build Tony a suit of armor and after many days of hard work and tests, they get it to perfection. Tony then rebels against Raza and the rest of the Ten Rings. Tony kills the entire group of the Ten Rings, but his suit is destroyed, and Ho is shot in the chaos. Tony mourns Ho's death but is stranded here. Tony uses a radio Ho gave him to contact the police and the police track down his location and save him. Before Obidiah's votes end, Tony returns as the leader of Stark Industries, making Obidiah secretly jealous.

Tony tells Pepper about what happened in the cave when he's interrupted by reporter Christine Everhart who forces him to participate in a lengthy interview. He reveals a little bit to her before leaving. Later, he tells the rest to Pepper and then tells Rhodey, Obadiah, and Tony's personal bodyguard and chauffer Happy Hogan what happened. Stark then builds a new suit what is colored red and gold. At Tony's mansion, Pepper gives Tony a new arc reactor and takes the old one out of his chest and places it in a glass case.

At a charity event held by Stark Industries, Everhart informs Stark that an alive Raza and the rest of the Ten Rings stole Stark Industires's weapons and is going to attack Yinsen's home village, Gulmira. He flies using his suit and goes to Gulmira. He saves the civilians and fights the Ten Rings, but they escape. Later, the Ten Rings grab all the scraps of Tony's old suit they can find and meet with Obidiah. Obidiah then betrays Raza and orders the rest of the Ten Rings, to kill him for not assassinating Tony. Obadiah then forces a bunch of scientists to build him a new suit or they are killed. They agree and do it, building him a suit but one thing is missing, an arc reactor.

Obadiah breaks into Tony's house and throws Pepper to the ground when she tries to stop him. Obadiah betrays Tony and takes his arc reactor out of his chest, what could kill him in minutes. Pepper places the old arc reactor back into his chest and he prepares to fight Obadiah. Obadiah places the arc reactor into his suit and prepares to kill Tony. Tony asks Pepper to break into Obadiah's office and she agrees. Pepper sneaks into Obadiah's office and looks at the files on his computer and is shocked to find out that he sold Stark's weapons to the Ten Rings and also hired the Ten Rings to assassinate Tony.

Pepper provides information on Obadiah to agent Phil Coulson of S.H. I.E.L.D. But when Pepper walks out of the S.H.I.E.L.D, headquarters, Obadiah kidnaps Pepper. Through a video recording, Obadiah reveals to Tony he has Pepper held hostage. Suddenly, Coulson and a bunch of other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents attempt to arrest Obidiah, giving Pepper a chance to escape. Obidiah gets into his suit he calls the Iron Monger and defeats all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Obadiah then chases after Pepper and gets to her and is about to kill her, when Tony appears and attacks him.

Tony tells Pepper to run and she does. Tony and Obadiah get into a long fight all over the city. Eventually, the powers from the arc reactors are let out causing them to fall in different directions, wounded. This happens again and it continues to seem Tony is going to win but then Obadiah is going to win. This happens for a very long time. Tony puts his foot on Obadiah's arc reactor and uses all his power sending them both back. The fall destroys Tony's suit and when he comes to Obadiah, all he sees is his skeleton.

Later, Pepper and Rhodey dub Tony a superhero name. The superhero name is "Iron Man". He agrees to it and know the world calls him Iron Man.

In a post-credit scene, a man with an eyepatch arrives at Tony's home and introduces himself as Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. He tells Tony about the Avengers Initiative, the Avengers is a group of superheroes being assembled and he mentions that he is trying to get Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the X-Men to join the team. Before Tony says something, the movie ends.

Cast

Main

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man

Gwyneth Paltrow as Virgina "Pepper" Potts

Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger

Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes

Supporting

Lesile Bibb as Christine Everhart

Shaun Tobb as Ho Yinsen

Farar Tahir as Raza

Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan

Paul Bettany as the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S.

Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury