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Let’s get this absolutely clear. A good superhero movie rarely has anything to do with computer generated images or just the plain old ability to transfer a character from the comic pages to celluloid.
No, when it comes down to a good superhero film it’s less of a costume or special suit that makes the grade, really it’s just the ability of the actor that makes or breaks the performance and that’s exactly what sets the film “Iron Man” apart from the now dozens of run of the mill “superhero” films.
What truly makes “Iron Man” a good film, no, great film is the performance of Robert Downey, Jr. perhaps one to the handful of great actors to survive the 1980’s despite his decades long battle with personal demons. Simply stated, even with all the movies special effects and sci-fi gadgets, Robert Downey is as cool, if not cooler, out of the Iron Man suit as in it.
Downey’s portrayal of billionaire, playboy, inventor, Tony Stark borders on brilliant. Downey bundles Stark up as a mixture of Hugh Hefner, Bill Gates, Howard Hughes, and Albert Einstein while having tongue firmly planted in cheek with enough Mojo that would make Austin Powers envious.
Wrapped up in all the personality is a plot filled with the international espionage and intrigue that made the original Sean Connery James bond films so enthralling.
Stark, the inventor, is also peddling arms in the Middle East for profit and only until his life is put on the line seemingly has no heart. A roadside attack with his own weapons takes his heartless nature from figurative to literal and only the courage and know how of a local rebel.
As Tony’s invention reaches fruition, Stark/Iron Man becomes the incarnation of Iron Man and is the personification of the principle of deus ex machina. With both Biblical and Political undertones, the fantasy of “Iron Man” hits some very real worldly concerns.
“Iron Man” has no rust and earns a very special five out of five stars.
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