Review: Iron Man

Whilst its a good film I still don't think its quite as amazing as others have made it out to be - parts are quite predictable and Jeff Bridges is far too obvious as a bad guy from the moment he steps onto the screen, whilst these are small flaws they are still ones that hold Iron Man back from reaching the pinnacles hit by Nolan's Batman and Riami's Spider-man in the superhero genre.

That said the film is still a highly enjoyable origin story and like Batman Begins, the journey of main character becoming the superhero is the best part of the film - Robert Downey Jr is perfectly cast as playboy Tony Stark who finds a heart metaphorically after quite literally having to find himself a new one after being kidnapped in the Middle East.

The script mixes humour and heart whilst developing characters for the sequels - though this does take an edge off the final battle which feels a bit like an anti-climax with a sub-Transformers battle between two robots that isn't as epic as it aims to be.