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| Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges
Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
Format: Full Screen, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Running Time: 122 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
EAN: 5014437943033
ASIN: B0018JBX3K
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: October 27, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
You know you're going to get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. And Iron Man is different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from Marvel Comics' longstanding series, Iron Man puts billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (that's Downey) in the path of some Middle Eastern terrorists; in a brilliantly paced section, Stark invents an indestructible suit that allows him to escape. If the rest of the movie never quite hits that precise rhythm again, it nevertheless offers plenty of pleasure, as the renewed Stark swears off his past as a weapons manufacturer, develops his new Iron Man suit, and puzzles both his business partner (Jeff Bridges in great form) and executive assistant (Gwyneth Paltrow). Director Jon Favreau geeks out in fun ways with the hardware, but never lets it overpower the movie, and there's always a goofy one-liner or a slapstick pratfall around to break the tension. As for Downey, he doesn't get to jitterbug around too much in his improv way, but he brings enough of his unpredictable personality to keep the thing fresh. And listen up, hardcore Marvel mavens: even if you know the Stan Lee cameo is coming, you won't be able to guess it until it's on the screen. It all builds to a splendid final scene, with a concluding line delivery by Downey that just feels absolutely right. --Robert Horton
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Great entertainment November 7, 2008
After the great disappointments of the third Spider-Man and X-Men films, Iron Man sees a thankful return to form for films based on Marvels characters. Iron Man is the first film to be funded solely by Marvel and if it is anything to go by then the future of Marvel characters on the big screen is definitely looking up.
Iron Man is the story of Tony Stark, a multimillionaire arms manufacture whose world view is changed after he is kidnapped by terrorists who want him to build weapons for them. Nonce he escapes he decides to build himself a suit of high-tech armour with which he can change the world.
As origin films go this is definitely one of the best with only Batman Begins being better. The film has some truly stunning special effects and Robert Downy Jr. gives a brilliant performance as the womanising Stark. The supporting cast is also good with Jeff Bridges giving a great if hammy performance as Obadiah Stane and Gwyneth Paltrow being competent if not great. The film well written with some great humour and a few truly memorable moments.
The film is not without its faults though as it does feel that it is somewhat light on plot in places. After the first half of the film the story does struggle somewhat mostly relying on its awesome effects to keep audiences interested. As well as this the final showdown between Iron Man and the Iron Monger suit is something of an anticlimax and doesn't really give the film the send-off it disserves.
Overall though Iron Man was a great film that was fun to watch and definitely rates as one of the better superhero movies. Also with rumours of a sequel for this film and an Avengers movie in the works, the future of Marvel films is looking good.
 After the bad spiderman and superman films, finally a comic book adaptation that pleases the fans. October 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is how a comic book adaptation should be made .... nevermind the mediocre 'spiderman' series of movies and 'superman returns' movie (which were both chick-flicks and nothing much more). Iron Man on the otherhand is excellent and keeps faith with the character and the comic book. This film isnt overly stuffed with unecessary romance (such as superman and spiderman)... instead this film is fantastic viewing from beginning to end. Robert Downey Jnr give the character of Tony Stark a huge amount of charisma and charm, as well as being somewhat of an egotistical show-off.
Its good to see the film makers actually giving the comic book fans exactly what they want.
Top marks October 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I won't waste space by writing a long review.
It was brilliant in the cinema, it's brilliant on DVD, and - fingers crossed - it'll be brilliant when it hits Blu-ray.
Buy this movie. Now.
 Not quite what I was expecting. October 27, 2008
Iron Man arrives on DVD hailed as the DVD event of the year, a 10/10 blockbuster with brains, commercial success, an overwhelmingly positive reception from audiences and critics alike and not to forget it contains one of the best casts assembled in any picture this year. All of these elements taken into consideration I was expecting something slightly more transcendent of the comic book genre, as well as one of the best pictures of 2008, having seen Iron Man a matter of hours ago, the fresh sense of indifference I felt towards this took me by complete surprise, unfortunately that was about the only thing about Iron Man that caught me off guard, bar an intense chilling scene between Bridges and Downey late in the film, and a very poignant scene involving Downey early on in the proceedings. I don't think Iron Man is in any way a bad film but I do think its far from being great and certainly well below the standard Christopher Nolan has set in his excellent Batman double-header. Obviously going into Iron Man so long after its theatrical release knowing that it is considered not only one of the years finest but also a landmark achievement in the comic book staple ended up creating certain expectations that probably ruined the film for me somewhat. As a colourful action packed superhero blockbuster it certainly delivered, at the very absolute least the bare minimum, one would expect from a superhero adventure, not to mention a Marvel release, which do tend to specialize in slightly more audacious comic book adaptations, as opposed to something as gritty as say, Batman Begins.
But I wanted more than the same extremely well done routine that has made most of these films work, and with Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges attached, not to mention the praise that has been lavished on Iron Man for being something out of the ordinary, I really expected it to deliver more than more of the same. One of the most disappointing and surprising aspects of Iron Man I thought was how quickly it settles into formula.Without giving the story away we get our hero who after a traumatic event decides to use his powers (in this case its his big brain and even bigger bank account) to fight evil, which was the same set-up we had in Spider-Man and Daredevil and Tim Burton's Batman to name a few. Then on the side a villain presents himself, generally someone who is a lot closer to a hero personally than he thinks as was the case in Spider-Man and Daredevil and Tim Burton's Batman, in the meantime our hero is perfecting his techniques or in the case of Iron Man or Batman his gadgets. Gwyneth Paltrow provides a love interest of sorts with a type of character that has been present in every comic book based film I have so far seen in my life. Terrence Howard provides a friend to Iron Man who if you really think about it doesn't contribute too heavily to the overall picture because quite frankly there is nothing in the script that gives the character real emotional weight. Iron Man director Jon Favreau himself played a similar character in Daredevil and James Franco had a role like this for most of the first Spider-Man, my point here being that so much of this has already been done before down to the same details and I honestly believed that with the direction Hellboy, X-Men 1 and 2 and Batman Begins and its sequel were going in I thought this would continue the trend of slightly more creative and involving films to be based on a comic book or graphic novel.
Granted anything adapted from a comic book or any other piece of fiction will follow the story from which it was spawned but it would appear that in the Marvel universe too many of these characters have similar stories to tell and given the stories in the comics necessitate certain characters to appear in the films despite not doing an awful lot to justify their presence. That said I know not everyone is going to play a crucial role, but some feel like their just brought along for the ride (the characters now not the actors). Its just a shame that in this case the whole thing feels so familiar and certain characters feel more like comic book templates than actual characters that could be substituted into another comic book film so easily, like Tony Stark's friend played by Terrence Howard who is underused to the point where it is even suggested that he may have a bigger role to play in the sequel (which is already slated for a summer 2010 release, which in case your interested and hadn't heard will not feature Terrence Howard who will be replaced by Don Cheadle of Traffic and the Oceans Eleven movies ). All of this of just leads to an inevitable showdown. In case anyone has actually read this and thinks I've given the whole plot away look again because I haven't mentioned what happens to anyone in Iron Man, just the odd coincidence that this supposedly superior comic adventure fits so neatly into a box of worn out cliches, origin stories and superfluous supporting characters that all build up to an all too familiar looking climax that I've already seen in Spider-Man, Batman, Daredevil and a particularly lesser film that I wouldn't do Iron Man the injustice of comparing it to( although none of them bar maybe Spider-Man have pulled its ending off as well as Iron Man does).Obviously Iron Man does what it sets out to do extremely well and the action sequences are impressive and Brides is superb in a particularly menacing turn and Downey is very effective bringing the over-sexed, over drinking and initially arrogant Tony Stark to life, who is in the aftermath of his experience actually quite moving before the film quickly moves on to the work he must do in the refined Iron Man suite and all the very, very, very cool things it can do. Overall I enjoyed Iron Man for the easy to enjoy ride it provided, but given the enormous amount of hype surrounding it, not to mention some of the names involved I just wished it could have been more involving and if possible gone further with its ideas as opposed to just being a really well done comic book movie.
DOWNEY JNR FIRES UP AS IRON MAN AND SECURES PENSION FUND October 14, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
10 years ago Robert Downey Jnr was washed up - drugs, booze, a string of poorly received movies and more than one spell behind bars - but oh how times have changed. From the excellent 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang', with an equally rejuvinated Val Kilmer, to the Ben Stiller helmed 'Tropical Thunder', Downey's stock has never been higher. Iron Man however is more than just yet another Superhero film - it's the start of a franchise that will see the former wild child transformed into a big star and a major Hollywood player (again).
Marvel's first self funded hero movie is a smart, brash and very cool anti-dote to DC's dark and brooding Batman. This is big screen action that wears a goofy fan boy grin and only mis-steps in the final, slightly hamfisted, 20 minutes.
Jeff Bridges plays the bad guy, Gwynyth Paltrow the spunky, smart assistant and everyone has a wail of a time. But it's Robert Downey Jnr who steals the whole flim as Tony Stark/Iron Man - a wise cracking, smart mouthed, womanising playboy who is everything Bruce Wayne is'nt.
Iron Man is funny, exciting and looks amazing. OK it is a guilty pleasure but it's great escapist fun and, whilst not quite up there with the likes of Xmen 2 or Spiderman 2, the bods at Marvel have pitched the movie just about right. Definately worth re-investigation on DVD.
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