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Shane Black, who made his bones writing "Lethal Weapon," "The Last Boy Scout" and other crash-and-burn action films, was the perfect person to take on "Iron Man 3," and not just because he worked with the franchise's star Robert Downey, Jr., on 2005's "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang."
With the help of its charismatic lead, some impressive action sequences, and even a few surprises, Iron Man 3 is a witty, entertaining adventure and a strong addition to the Marvel canon....
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Iron Man 3 Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) It’s a very subversive, introspective film, one replete with great action...
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By Chris Tilly
Posted: Apr 23, 2013 11:00 pm
Iron Man 3 is pretty unique in blockbuster terms. The film is not only a direct follow-up to Iron Man 2 but it also plays as a pseudo-sequel to The Avengers, with Tony Stark explaining that “Nothing has been the same since New York.”
And it’s a very different Stark that we meet in this movie. Not the arrogant playboy philanthropist that we’ve come to know and love over the course of three films, but rather a shadow of that guy, struggling to deal with the fact that he has encountered 'gods', aliens and a Hulk, and plagued by nightmares, anxiety and post-traumatic stress.
His situation quickly worsens as, via voiceover and flashback, we are transported to Berne, Switzerland on millennium eve, a night when Tony unwittingly created demons that more than a decade on would come back to haunt him.
We meet Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall), a brilliant and beautiful scientist who wants to cure all human beings of illness by creating the next iteration of human evolution. And Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), another scientist with a brilliant mind but multiple physical disabilities. Stark being Stark sleeps with the former and ignores the latter, and we are soon back in the present day, where the fallout from that decision comes back to bite Tony rather aggressively on the behind.
A sequel that rights the wrongs of Iron Man 2. Here's hoping that Shane Black has more superhero movies in him.
- Chris Tilly
Apr 25, 2013 · “Iron Man 3” reps a huge step up in terms of scale, and Black largely acquits himself well, keeping the pace brisk, deploying a couple of modest surprises and staging a few undeniably...
Apr 23, 2013 · In a way a double-sequel, both to Iron Man 2 and to last year’s mega-hit The Avengers, Iron Man 3 benefits immeasurably from the irreverent quicksilver humor of co-writer and director Shane...
May 2, 2013 · “Iron Man 3,” with all its explosions so soon after the Boston Marathon bombings, underscores just how thoroughly terrorism and its aftermath have been colonized by the movies. SKIP ...
