Iron Man 3: NR #41

Sorry this review is late, but family comes before film. Anyway, this week's movie is one of the many highly anticipated films of this year and the big kick-off of the summer movie season. This is...

PLOT
Taking place after "The Avengers", millionaire/super-hero extraordinaire Tony Stark can't sleep. After going through the worm hole in battle of New York, he's experiencing PTSD. Making matters worse, a new villain has emerged in the terrorist leader The Mandarin, whose been bombing many locations in the United States. After Mandarin hits Stark personally, he goes on a war path for the Mandarin with revenge on his mind, but can Stark defeat this evil while he faces the evil within?


PROS
This film was written and directed by the spectacular Shane Black, the writer of such classics as "Lethal Weapon", "The Long Kiss Goodnight", and "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Black is known for his hilarious and smart dialogue, and this film is no exception. All of the characters get hilarious and memorable lines that turn this film into more of a comedy for most of it's running time, but that's no problem with me.

Robert Downey Jr., as always, does a great job as Tony Stark and almost feels like his character from the other film Shane Black directed "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". The other actors are also good, but Downey Jr. is the stand-out.

The action scenes in this film are amazing and continually unique. Every scene is better than the last and make you wanna yell "HELL YEAH!"

I like what they do with the Mandarin in this version of "Iron Man", they do a good job of modernizing him and integrating him into this world.

There's a twist halfway through the film that people are either going to hate or love, personally I loved it and thought it was a good way to deal with a problem that a lot of other superhero movies have.



CONS
While I did say that I loved the twist, it does lead to a problem that I have with the "Iron Man" franchise as a whole. I would elaborate, but I don't want to spoil anything here.


CONCLUSION
"Iron Man 3", thankfully, is better that its predecessor and is a fun time at the movies. I truly loved it and would gladly see it again. If you love action movies are want a good way to start the summer of right, "Iron Man 3" is the film to see.

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