Iron Man

Who wouldn’t know Iron Man? The leading character in Marvel’s Civil War series who played a major role in the Marvel superhero universe by bringing forth the Superhuman Registration Act and fought against former ally Captain America? Rewind back many years before this whole fiasco took place and you’ll find yourself in Iron Man’s origins.

And that, is what this movie is all about.

In this movie, we see Tony Stark, a successful and brilliant inventor and businessman who’s trip to the Middle East for a weapons test sets him down the path to become the golden avenger after being held captive by Middle Eastern terrorists.

Instead of the original stage, Vietnam which was present in the original comic, the movie plays toward the contemporary issues of the Middle Eastern terrorists. Talk about catching up with the times. Anyway, Robert Downey Jr. carries out his part as Tony Stark flawlessly, bringing forth the character from a comic book to the silver screen in full glory.

Though Tony Stark’s alcoholism issue is not brought up in this movie, directors have hinted towards sequels (most likely a trilogy) which will tackle the internal problems which Tony Stark faces in the comics. The chemistry between Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and  Virgina “Pepper” Potts, (Gwyneth Paltrow) can truly be seen between the two, complementing the movie well.

My only complaint is that the action comes late towards the later part of the movie when Tony Stark takes his first mission in his finalized Mark III Iron Man suit. Otherwise that, it is worth seeing the development of the suit and Tony Stark’s arrogant humor present throughout the movie.

There is without much doubt, that the success of this comic adaptation was mainly due to to Marvel’s Civil War series storyline which had Iron Man as one of the leading characters. And so, as an end-note, I would deeply recommend this to any Marvel Comics fan. For those who aren’t, this one is still worth your time.

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