Iron Man

Tony Sparks (Robert Downey Jr.) is a multi-millionaire arms dealer. His company makes weapons and sells them to the US government. On one of his many trips to the middle-east to demonstrate to the army his newest weapon of mass destruction, Sparks is hijacked and held hostage by a terrorist group.

I really don't want to give away anything more than this, however to those of you that, like me, know nothing about the Iron Man story/comic book series I think you will be pleasantly surprised. I don't know how close this is to the comic book, Iron Man zealots--let us know. Nevertheless this is not your typical super hero movie in that there is very little super hero action--don't let that sway you--this movie is very smart, funny, great dialogue, and even though our hero doesn't really show up until an hour into the movie--the character development is really well done and FUN!

Hopefully this is indicative of the summer blockbusters to come--Iron Man has set the bar and was a great kick off.

***1/2 Must See

Rated PG-13 (Violence and War)