Move over Clarke Kent and Peter Parker.
Badboy Tony is in town. And he's here to kick some ass.
Ironman worked for me. Equal parts gizmo SFX, brains, action and a tinge of romance. In other words, something to please everybody, even if you've never touched the Marvel Comic and thought the show was about an Urban Blacksmith.
Robert Downey Junior's Ironman is heartfelt and beneath the hot-rod red and yellow alloy armour, believable as a multi-billionaire on course for Nirvana after a stint in an Afghan cave-prison.
Easily one of 2008's best films. And coolest too.
8.5/10
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