06.10.08
Lee1990 Movie Review - IronMan
The main character in this movie, Anthony Stark, received a belated but much needed coming of age. Mr. Stark is a super genius weapons developer who is so busy womanizing and partying he has barely noticed as his chief nemesis (played to villainous perfection by a barely recognizable Jeff Bridges) slowly takes over his company.
As Mr. Stark is in Afghanistan testing his latest weapon, a cluster-bomb missile called the Jericho, his convoy is ambushed and he is critically wounded and captured. His captors demand that he build a Jericho for them, but he instead manages to build a powerful battle suit out of junk (call it IronMan Mark 1). Using this powersuit to escape, Mr. Stark has an epiphany and announces that his company will cease all weapons manufacturing.
Mr. Stark returns home and fascinated by his accomplishment in the desert, begins to fashion an advanced version of his powered-armor suit. There are a few comical moments integrated into this, especially as IronMan first attempts to take to the sky.
Eventually his nemesis finds the wreckage of the original armor suit, and an all out fight for control over Iron Man’s power ensues.
The movie has one brief cover-the-kids-eyes moment of sexuality, but all in all would make a good evening’s entertainment. The plot is not overly complicated nor overly simple, and as expected, the visuals and battle scenes are spectacular.
6 out of 10.
