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Starring Robert Downey Jnr, Jeff Bridges
Directed by Jon Favreau
When playboy millionaire and arms manufacturer Tony Stark is kidnapped
in Afghanistan with – oh cruel irony – his own warheads, he learns a
lesson in collateral damage.
He also learns how to build the ultimate defensive weapon, a flying
suit that, once refined with Stark technology, leads him on the
righteous path and in direct conflict with the board of his own
company.
The fight between good and evil becomes a many-layered thing. Even
though director Favreau frequently ignores fundamental laws of physics
(Stark’s suit, not his body, is the stuff of super-heroes), Downey
Jnr’s charisma is more than enough to paper over the cracks.
His performance is one of the most exciting since Christopher Reeves
donned a cape and ignites a sparkling chemistry when paired with
zealous laboratory robots or the unexpected villainy of an
unrecognisable Jeff Bridges.
Cut with fashionable frenzy by an over-caffeinated editor, Iron Man is not the most elegant of films, yet it is a stimulating and exciting one. Penned by the screenwriters of Children of Men, it’s packed with an urgent morale tone and a mischievous sense of humour that earns extra points.
In a world sorely needing new action heroes, Iron Man is da man.
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