Iron Man (movie)

> *"The truth is... I am Iron Man."*
> ― Tony Stark
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**Iron Man** is a superhero film based on the Marvel Comics hero of the same name. It is the 1st installment in the Rebooted MCU, Phase 1 and the Infinity Saga. The film was released on May 2nd, 2008.

The film was directed by JTVideos and features Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes, Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Shaun Toub as Ho Yinsen, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, featuring a cameo from Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

The film, being the first in the universe, kickstarted the Rebooted MCU and spawned 2 sequels: Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3.

## Plot

Billionaire playboy Tony Stark, the son of the renowned Howard Stark, and the CEO and owner of a weapons company, Stark Industries is in Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, receiving an award while flaunting some of his wealth at the same time, his friend, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes accompanying him. He is preparing for a demonstration of his brand-new weapon, the Jericho missile, in Afghanistan the next day.

While riding in a military transport convoy in Afghanistan during his demonstration process, he and the convoy is ambushed by his own weapons, used by the terrorist organization, the Ten Rings. Though he managed to protect himself with a bulletproof vest, a shrapnel of Stark Industries' fragmentation shell which was used to attack him, pierced through his skin, while the Ten Rings captured him. In Ten Rings captivity, a fellow prisoner, Ho Yinsen managed to save Stark's life by building an electromagnet to stop the shrapnel from piercing his heart and killing him. The Ten Rings leader, Raza, promises to free Tony if he builds weapons, including the Jericho missile for the Ten Rings. However, knowing Raza won't keep his word, Tony and Yinsen devised another plan.

While pretending to be working and making weapons for the Ten Rings, Tony and Yinsen started building a powerful source of energy known as the Arc Reactor to power Tony's electromagnet. They also built a suit of armor to help them escape from captivity. When the Ten Rings found out about the plan, they ambush the workshop, but Tony powers up the suit just in time to make the escape. However, Yinsen sacrificed himself so Tony can power up his armor. He convinced Tony to leave him and escape by himself, and also to not waste his life. Stark continues to make his escape, managing to fly away, before crashing in a desert, breaking his suit of armor into pieces.

Rhodes and a search army from the government managed to save Tony and bring him back home. The next day, he went to the Stark Industries Headquarters' to give a press conference. Now with a change of heart after seeing how much damage his weapons created, he announced that Stark Industries won't be creating and manufacturing weapons anymore. Obadiah Stane, Howard Stark's former partner and the manager of Stark Industries is worried about the announcement, telling Tony he's afraid it will destroy the company and his father's reputation.

Stark spends the next few months testing a new suit of armor and improving on it, as well as making a more powerful arc reactor. However, when he made his first public appearance since his disappearing, he learns that a stash of weapons from Stark Industries have been delivered to the Ten Rings, which they used to attack Gulmira, Yinsen's home village in Afghanistan. He confronts Stane, and learns that Stane wants to gain control of the company.

Stark, enraged, flies the new and improved suit to Gulmira, where he fought the terrorists and leaves them in the hands of the civilians. When he flew home, he is involved in a dogfight with 2 military planes, which prompts him to reveal his identity to Rhodes in order to call off the attack. In Afghanistan, the Ten Rings have managed to find all parts of the suit, and Raza meets with Stane, planning to exchange the suit with him. However, Stane eliminates Raza and his entire faction, betraying the Ten Rings. He brings the suit home and orders some scientists to start working on it.

Growing suspicious of Stane, Stark asks his assistant Pepper Potts to hack into the company's computing system from Stane's office. She finds evidence of Stane supplying the Ten Rings, and that he also planned for Tony to be captured for the first time. Merely escaping from Stane, she informs Phil Coulson, an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. of her findings.

Stane, wanting to get the suit finished, was disappointed to find out the scientists can't finish it, as nobody's able to duplicate the arc reactor. Stane infiltrates Stark's house, attacking him and stealing his arc reactor. However, Stark managed to put his old arc reactor in place just in time to save him. Pepper and some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents attempt to arrest Stane, but he attacks them, and Tony arrives just in time to stop him. However, he is bested by Stane, as he doesn't have his new reactor to run his suit in full power.

However, he outsmarts Stane, bringing him on top of the Stark Industries' building, asking Pepper to overload the large arc reactor, which caused Stane to fall into the exploding reactor, to his demise. The next day, the press started calling the armored hero "Iron Man", while Coulson gives Tony a cover-up story and tells him to read from it for a preess conference. In the press conference, at first, he read from it, however, in the end, he announces that he is Iron Man, much to the confusion and shock of the press.

In the post-credits scene, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury, introduces himself to Tony, saying he's not the only superhero in the world, and that he wants to talk about the "Avengers Initiative".

## Cast

* Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
* Don Cheadle as Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes
* Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
* Shaun Toub as Doctor Ho Yinsen
* Faran Tahir as Raza
* Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson
* Paul Bettany as J.A.R.V.I.S. (voice)
* Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
* Samuel L. Jackson as Director Nick Fury

## Appearances

### Locations

* United States of America
	+ Malibu, California
		- Tony Stark's Mansion
	+ Los Angeles, California
		- Stark Industries Headquarters
		- Roxxon Corporation Building
* Afghanistan
	+ Kunar
	+ Ten Rings Base
	+ Gulmira

### Events

* Iron Man's Rise
	+ Kidnapping of Tony Stark
	+ Battle of Gulmira
	+ Duel of Los Angeles
* Assassination of Howard and Maria Stark (newspaper)
* World War II (mentioned)

### Items

* Iron Man Armors
	+ Mark I Iron Man Armor
	+ Mark II Iron Man Armor
	+ Mark III Iron Man Armor
* Arc Reactor
* Palladium
* Iron Monger Armor
* Jericho Missile

### Organizations

* Stark Industries
* Ten Rings
* S.H.I.E.L.D.
	+ Damage Control (mentioned)
	+ Avengers Initiative (mentioned)
* Roxxon Corporation