Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition)

Buy This Item Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition) by Paramount  Available from Amazon  $16.99  on 11-24-2008     Wow, what a ride! Iron Man is a blast from beginning to end. I'll give a brief plot description for anyone who is not familiar with the comic book: <br /> <br />WARNING: SPOILERS <br />Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) is an American arms dealer who is fabulously wealthy and lives the high life. Girls, booze, parties, he does it all. Standing by his side and cleaning up his various messes is his assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). Whispering dark thoughts in his ear is his partner Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) who you know from the beginning is just not okay. <br /> <br />Tony goes to Afghanistan to demonstrate Stark Industries' new weapon, the Jericho missile. His convoy is attacked, his American soldier escorts are killed, and he is seriously wounded by shrapnel from one of his very own bombs. He passes out and wakes up as a captive in a Taliban-like camp. His captors want him to make them a Jericho missile, and he is horrified to see that they have a huge stockpile of Stark weapons. How did they acquire them? <br /> <br />With the help of surgeon & fellow captive Dr. Yinsen, Stark makes his first Iron Man suit instead of making the Jericho missile. Using the suit he escapes and creates a big scene that attracts the attention of the U.S. military. He is rescued by the Air Force and returns home. During Stark's escape, the first Iron Man suit is all but destroyed. <br /> <br />Back in the States, Stark builds a sharp new Iron Man suit, and goes back to Afghanistan to rescue Dr. Yinsen's village from the terrorist group that had captured him. The military can't figure out what Stark is, so two F-22 Raptors are called to intercept him. He inadvertently damages one of the planes but saves the pilot. Stark then confesses to his Air Force buddy LC James Rhodes (Terence Howard) that he was the cause of the accident. In addition to playing with his new toy and messing with the military, Stark is also determined to find out why the "bad guys" have so many of his company's weapons. <br /> <br />He unravels the mystery with the help of Pepper Potts and decides he needs to change the mission of Stark Industries. His partner, Obadiah Stane is not pleased and comes up with a suit of his own; he becomes "Iron Monger." You can guess what happens, but suffice it to say the final battle scene between them is everything it should be. <br /> <br />My husband dragged me to see this movie, and I ended up absolutely loving it. Robert Downey Jr. is excellent as always; he is one of those actors that your eye is naturally drawn to while he's on screen. The rest of the cast is very good in support of him. The score is fantastic too (I have already downloaded both "Merchant of Death" and "Driving With the Top Down" into my iPod). <br /> <br />Remember: Tony Stark is a grown-up superhero and this is a grown-up action movie. A good bit of it takes place in a war zone, and there is plenty of violence and some torture. Of course it is necessary to the plot, but you should be aware that this may not be the best movie for small children. <br /> <br />Bottom line: Iron Man is a blast of a movie that manages to touch on some real issues we are facing today, but never becomes preachy about it. LOTS of fun, a rollercoaster ride, a rocking action movie with a sense of humor. Loved it, and can't wait til the DVD is released!! Reader Reviews A fantastic film. Possibly better than Spider-Man 3 was, but will never beat Transformers. I enjoyed the part where Stark as Iron Man blows up that tank. But I really liked it when Iron Man and the Iron Monger went to battle. I also thought that when Tony was testing the Mark II armor and crashed and was sprayed with a fire extinquisher that made me laugh. My favorite quote was "Shoot me again and I'm not on fire, I'm donating you to community college". So see the movie and get the DVD.

Iron Man (Single-Disc Edition) Available from Amazon Price: $16.99 Updated on 11-24-2008.

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