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After the relative disappointment of Iron Man 2, I really wasn’t sure I wanted to pay good money to see Iron Man Three (what, numerals are out of vogue this year?).  But I was glad I did.  It was a real blast.  Good story, well scripted, fast paced and with good stunt work (particularly with the ‘barrel o monkeys’ skydive from Air Force One).  Gwyneth Paltrow is suitably hot (literally) and in the villain’s camp, Guy Pearce is memorable and Ben Kingsley is quite superb in a truly surprising and double-layered performance. 

But it is Robert Downey Jnr that once again holds the whole film together as the complex super-hero Tony Stark:  some of his dialogue is laugh out loud, and his scenes with his young sidekick in a backwater town are particularly memorable. 

It’s not without fault though.  One of my main criticisms of Iron Man 2 was that it descended into ‘Transformer-ville’ territory of indestructible machine fighting indestructible machine with the viewer really not particularly given the chance to give a damn.   The finale of Three similarly puts a foot or two over that line, and whilst its well done and spectacular, it should have been a case of less is more.

However, as the curtain up for the summer blockbuster season, I suspect that this will probably be one of the better ones.

Fad Rating:  FFFf.

By bobwp

Dr Bob Mann lives in Hampshire in the UK. Now retired from his job as an IT professional, he is owner of One Mann's Movies and an enthusiastic reviewer of movies as "Bob the Movie Man". Bob is also a regular film reviewer on BBC Radio Solent.

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