Iron Man

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Iron Man

(2008)

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Overview

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Featured Crew

Don Heck

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Larry Lieber

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Matt Holloway

Screenplay
Art Marcum

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Jon Favreau

Director
Jack Kirby

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Stan Lee

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Top Billed Cast

Robert Downey Jr.

Tony Stark / Iron Man
Terrence Howard

Lt. Col. James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine
Jeff Bridges

Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger
Gwyneth Paltrow

Virginia "Pepper" Potts
Shaun Toub

Ho Yinsen

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A review by Gimly

8.0

Written by Gimly on June 4, 2018

A long form review originally posted in 2010:

Marking the beginning of the latest Marvel franchise, The Avengers, is Jon Favreau's Iron Man.

I'm quite fond of Super Hero movies, I don't love them to the same extent that I do the slasher or psychological thriller genres, but they do hold a small place in my heart all to themselves. I'm pretty pumped for this whole "Avengers" thing to come to fruition, 'cause honestly it's all been great so far, starting with Iron Man, whom Robert Downey Jr. (_Natural Born Killers, Gothika, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Scanner Darkly, Zodiac, Sherlock Hol... read the rest.

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Recommendations

04/28/2010

Iron Man 2 6.7

07/22/2011

Captain America: The First Avenger 6.7

Thor 6.7

Iron Man 3 6.9

Batman Begins 7.6

Spider-Man 7.0

X-Men: First Class 7.2

04/25/2012

The Avengers 7.5

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Status Released

Release Information

May 2, 2008

PG-13
Theatrical

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Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.