When it comes to
superhero movies, we never used to have them coming out at least two in a year,
there was a time when you can go years before seeing a superhero movie, but
things have changed. The first movie that started the MCU wasn’t done by
Disney, though Marvel had a hand in its production. This movie launched
everything we now know about the MCU, and Robert Downey Jr. got a career boost
from it, growing to become a central figure in the MCU movies to this day.
Compared to the
other movies that followed, you have to respect the CGI and acting from the
cast, who set the pace for what was to come. This movie was great—the direction
was well done, and it stayed true to what we know about Tony Stark (Robert
Downey Jr.). It also left enough trails to make us expect more from the
franchise.
Iron Man is
a superhero film and the first installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It
introduces Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer who inherited Stark
Industries from his father, Howard Stark. Tony is in war-torn Afghanistan with
his friend James Rhodes (Terrence Howard) to demonstrate a new missile when
their convoy is attacked. Tony is injured and captured by a terrorist group
that demands he build a missile for them. Critically wounded, he’s saved by a
fellow captive, Dr. Yinsen, who implants an electromagnet in Tony’s chest to
keep him alive.
Instead of
building the missile, Tony and Yinsen construct an armored suit powered by a
generator in Tony’s chest, which they use to escape. Sadly, Yinsen dies during
the breakout. When Tony returns home after being rescued by Rhodes, he decides
Stark Industries will stop manufacturing weapons—a decision that doesn’t sit
well with Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges), the company’s current caretaker. Their
conflict becomes the central tension of the movie.
This movie is a
charm and set the standard for other superhero films to follow. When Disney
took over Marvel, they ramped up the pace, and now MCU movies are among the
best out there. Regardless of what others say about superhero movies not
matching the quality of other films, I think it’s a shame they didn’t get to
make one like this.
Iron Man is
a classic superhero movie, one you can watch again and again. After this film,
Terrence Howard was replaced by Don Cheadle in the role of Rhodes.
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