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

Characters
Stan Lee

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Larry Lieber

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Jack Kirby

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Jon Favreau

Director
Art Marcum

Screenplay
Matt Holloway

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Mark Fergus

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Hawk Ostby

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Top Billed Cast

Robert Downey Jr.

Tony Stark / Iron Man
Terrence Howard

James "Rhodey" Rhodes
Jeff Bridges

Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger
Gwyneth Paltrow

Virginia "Pepper" Potts
Leslie Bibb

Christine Everhart

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Iron Man did a lot more than just launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was the first comic book movie in a long time to integrate the fantastical nature of superheroes and supervillains into a real world setting with consequences. It also showed how great of a filmmaker Jon Favreau is and rebooted the career of Robert Downey Jr.

For all this, Iron Man is a fantastic movie, still one of the best MCU films. It's so much fun to watch. Yet it displays a lot of intelligence, exploring the internal dilemma of a man profiteering off war when faced with the harsh reality that he is part of a sys... read the rest.

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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.