The Iron Man film burst on to the movie screen in 2008 with avengeance. When a movie brings in over $300 million you have to stand up and take notice.
For both comic book fans and others who wouldn’t go near the, the Iron Man Blue Ray manages to strike the right cord with watchers. Robert Downey Jr plays the part of Tony Stark, a multi-billionaire genius and resident playboy that puts as much effect into the ladies as he does chasing his next big idea. However while traveling overseas Tony Stark quick jumps into chaos as he finds himself at the mercy of a power hungry warlord.
The positive reviews by major critics are hard to miss. The gadgetry is absolutely dazzling, the action is mostly exhilarating, the comedy is scintillating and the enormous enterprise throbs with dramatic energy. Iron Man DVD is an action sci-fi blockbuster extravaganza that provides cartoon excitement for thinking people. It’s the best movie of its kind since the second Spider-Man movie four years ago.
However not everything in this film is perfect, as critics have pointed out a few problems with Iron Man. Toggling between Stark’s impish goatee and Iron Man’s full-metal body suit, and amid so many generic fireballs, kill shots and earsplitting thumps, bumps and crunches, the film finally crumbles under its own weight. Downey’s unbeatable charisma makes these problems less troublesome than they would be otherwise, but wouldn’t it be nice if they didn’t exist at all.
The value of the Iron Man Blue Ray is hard to pass up. The package includes deleted and extended scenes, a 7 part making of documentary, another 6 part “invincible iron man” documentary, visual effects and a Bob Downey screen test. The Blu-ray version contains special exclusives as well in a featurette entitled, Hall of Armor, IM IQ and more.
Director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey make this smart, high impact superhero film one that even non-comics fans can enjoy. At the end of the day it’s Robert Downey Jr. who powers the lift-off separating this from most other superhero movies.