Starring: Robert Downey Jnr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Ben Kingsley
Director: Shane Black
Is this the end of the Iron Man franchise? It's kind of hard to tell. What with the success of the first two movies and the Avengers spin off, I'm not sure the movie going public will let Iron Man rest.
Who would have thought that a young Mr Robert Downey Jnr, who did so many drugs 25 years ago that he was a walking pharmaceutical model, would grow up to be such a fantastic actor. Robert Downey Jnr was one of those actors that you kind of liked but never really told anyone. His performance in Less Than Zero was amazing, and it's only now that I'm older that I can fully appreciate what a great actor he was back then as well. The years had, at one stage, taken their toll on him, but he rose above it all and has firmly planted himself back on top of the pedestal of brilliance.
With Iron Man 3, we see a new villain in Guy Pearce, all be it a geeky, buck toothed nerd who idolises Tony Stark and wants to work with him, only to be passed by and played a cruel joke on. (this kind of reminded me of the terrible 1997 Batman and Robin where Uma Thurmans Poison Ivy is fobbed off by George Clooney and later becomes an arch enemy.)
Tony is working in his billion dollar lab, playing around with his many dress up costumes and hears about the terrible deeds of "The Mandarin", played brilliantly by Ben Kingsley, a terrorist beyond anyones imagining. But what many don't realise, is that there is more to The Mandarin than meets the eye.
I won't give anything away as this really is a movie full of surprises and I really did love the action in it. It was nice to see Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) get out of the serious secretary role and into some gym clothes and kick some arse.
The end of the movie has left me somewhat flat however, as too much happens that makes you question the future of this particular Avenger and whether the writers can pull it all back together. While I did really enjoy it, the ending seemed somewhat rushed and a bit too stitched together.
As this has taken me a couple of months to type up, I have just read that Robert Downey Jnr has just resigned for Avengers 2 and 3 so I hope they have some pretty good script writers on this.
See it for the kick arse action flick that it is, some fabulous CGI and great one liners from RDJ. The scenes with him and the kid are quite heart warming. Please remember to remove brain up pressing Play though..........it's not one you need to think about a lot.
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