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FINALLY saw Iron Man last night and it was a great action movie, much better than any movie of this genre that I’ve seen in years!

Robert Downey Jr. takes on the character of arms genius, Tony Stark, who is a successor to his dad. During a trip to Afghanistan to demonstrate his company’s new rocket, Stark is blown back to reality when his Hummer envoy is attacked. He suffers a severe heart injury and his kidnappers force him to manufacture a missile for them using his own company’s equipment. He instead creates a suit of power armour from scrap metal to save his life from the mountains of Afghanistan. Once back home in his Malibu mansion, Stark sets his mind on refining the suit that freed him. He wants to better his company so that weapons no longer end up in the hands of bad guys. He’s a changed billionaire whose goal is to fight crime using his new metal suit with techonological devices. Starks’ right-hand partner soon finds greed with the new Stark, resulting in conflict.

It is indeed a high bar for every other comic movie this summer (Hulk, Wolverine or Batman - The Dark Knight), or next summer, or the summer after that. I really enjoyed Iron Man, especially the scenes where Tony Stark works on his suits. Pepper, I don’t think I’ve ever liked her so much as an actress (Liked Gwynyth Paltrow’s legs….hahaha) Jeff Bridges is an odd choice for a villain, but he somehow pulled it off.

Question: How is Stark able to fly from Malibu to Afghanistan in like 15 minutes??? Must be an efficient Honda robot engine!

VERDICT: Buy the DVD when it comes out

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