Much better than all those stupid "Spiderman" and "Superman" flicks (though unfortunately not nearly as good as the best "Batman" films). Robert Downey Jr. is excellent as a billionaire inventor and weapons manufacturer who finds himself kidnapped by Al Qaeda-like terrorists in Afghanistan. The film manages a neat trick of being simultaneously pro-Bush's War on Terror and anti-Military-Industrial Complex. But while the politics are a bit muddy, the script is sharp, the action scenes top notch and the performances impeccable.
February 2, 2008
Iron Man (2008) **
Much better than all those stupid "Spiderman" and "Superman" flicks (though unfortunately not nearly as good as the best "Batman" films). Robert Downey Jr. is excellent as a billionaire inventor and weapons manufacturer who finds himself kidnapped by Al Qaeda-like terrorists in Afghanistan. The film manages a neat trick of being simultaneously pro-Bush's War on Terror and anti-Military-Industrial Complex. But while the politics are a bit muddy, the script is sharp, the action scenes top notch and the performances impeccable.
