Iron Man

***Iron Man*** is a 2023 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name. It is the first film and installment in the Marvel Fanon Universe. The film was released on June 23rd, 2023 internationally.

The film is directed by Jon Favreau and stars Robert Downey, Jr.. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes, Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.

## Synopsis

2023's *Iron Man* tells the story of Tony Stark, a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man.

## Plot

Playboy and visionary industrial genius Tony Stark, CEO of leading military defense contractor, Stark Industries, is in war-torn, Sin-Cong, Asia to demonstrate his company's new Jericho Missile. With him is his friend and military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, a member of the United States Air Force.

While riding in a transport convoy, Stark is critically wounded in an ambush and held captive in a cave by a group of terrorists. An electromagnet built by fellow captive Ho Yinsen keeps the shrapnel that wounded Stark from reaching his heart and killing him. The terrorist leader, Wong-Chu offers Stark freedom; in exchange, Stark must build a Jericho missile for the terrorists. Stark and Yinsen agree that Raza will not keep his word of letting Stark live.

While pretending to work on the missile, Stark and Yinsen secretly build a powerful electric generator called an Arc Reactor to power Stark's electromagnet. They then begin to build a powered suit of armor, designed by Stark, to help them escape. Using the armored suit, Stark fights his way out of the cave to find a mortally wounded Yinsen, who reassures Stark and urges him to continue his escape and not waste his life. An enraged Stark leaves the cave, burns the terrorist's stockpile of Stark Industries-produced weapons, and flies away. Having escaped, Stark crashes in the desert, which destroys the suit.

After being rescued by a search party, including Rhodes, Stark returns home. He calls a press conference to announce that his company will no longer manufacture weapons, having seen first-hand the strife that they cause in the wrong hands. Obadiah Stane, his father's old partner and the company's co-owner, informs Stark that this may ruin Stark Industries and his father's legacy.

In his home workshop, Stark spends the next few months building an improved version of his suit, as well as a more powerful arc reactor for his chest. At Stark's first public appearance after his return, Christine Everhart informs him that Stark Industries weapons, including the Jericho missile, were recently delivered to the group that abducted him and are being used to attack Timbetpal, Yinsen's home village. Stark confronts Stane about the supplied weapons and learns that Stane is trying to replace him as head of the company.

Enraged, Stark dons his new armor and flies to Asia, where he saves the citizens of Timbetpal. While flying home, Stark is engaged by two F-22 Raptors on behalf of the U.S. Air Force. He phones Rhodes and reveals his identity in an attempt to call off the attack. Meanwhile, the terrorists gather the pieces of Stark's prototype suit. Chu meets with Stane and offers to exchange the suit with him. However, Stane has Wong and his faction eliminated, taking the suit for himself. Returning to Stark Industries, Stane orders his scientists to have a new suit reverse-engineered from the wreckage.

Seeking to find any other weapons, Stark sends his trusted personal assistant, Pepper Potts, to hack into the company computer system from Stane's office. Potts finds evidence of Stane supplying weapons to the terrorists, but also discovers that Stane had initially hired them to kill Stark in Asia. Stane ambushes Stark at his home, using a Sonic Taser to paralyze him and take his current Arc Reactor. Left to die, Stark manages to crawl to his lab and saves himself by re-using his original arc reactor. Stark fights Stane, but is outmatched without his upgraded reactor to run his suit at full capacity.

Stark lures Stane atop the Stark Industries building and instructs Potts to overload the large Arc Reactor there. Doing so unleashes a massive electrical surge that knocks Stane unconscious, causing him and his armor to fall into the exploding reactor, killing him.

The next day, the press has dubbed the armored hero "Iron Man". At a press conference, Stark begins giving the cover story, but then instead announces that he is Iron Man, shocking the public as the crowd of interviewers suddenly begin roaring out questions, much to Rhodes' confusion.

Afterward, Stark and Pepper are in the mansion stating that Iron Man is not "the only superhero in the world," and wants to form a team.

## Cast

* Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
* Don Cheadle as James Rhodes
* Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
* Leslie Bibb as Christine Everhart
* Shaun Toub as Doctor Ho Yinsen
* Faran Tahir as Wong-Chu
* Bill Smitrovich as General William Gabriel
* Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice)
* Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
* Tim Guinee as Major Allen

## Appearances

### Locations

* Las Vegas, Nevada
	+ Caesars Palace
* Malibu, California
	+ Tony Stark's Mansion
* Asia
	+ Sin-Cong

### Events

* Kidnapping of Tony Stark
* Battle of Sin-Cong
* Duel of California

### Items

* Iron Man Armors
	+ Mark I Iron Man Armor
	+ Mark II Iron Man Armor
	+ Mark III Iron Man Armor

* Arc Reactor
* Palladium
* Jericho
* Sonic Taser
* Bulletproof Vest

### Organizations

* Stark Industries
* United States Air Force
* Daily Bugle (mentioned)
* M.I.T. (mentioned)
* Burger King (logo)