IRON MAN (2008)

Directed by: Jon Favreau

Based on characters created by: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck, Jack Kirby

Based on characters appearing in Marvel Comics

Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir, Paul Bettany, Leslie Bibb, Clark Gregg, Jon Favreau, Peter Billingsley, Samuel L. Jackson

126 minutes

(PG-13 - adult language, adult themes, adult situations, sci-fi/fantasy violence, intense action sequences)

PLOT:

Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. Thus, Iron Man is born. He uses the primitive device to escape from the cave in Iraq. Once back home, he then begins work on perfecting the Iron Man suit. But the man who was put in charge of Stark Industries has plans of his own to take over Tony's technology for other matters.

First movie in the "Marvel Cinematic Universe" franchise.

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