The Invincible Iron Man (2007)

Marc Worden
Gwendoline Yeo
Fred Tatasciore
Rodney Saulsberry

Directed by Frank Paur

Plot: The Iron Man's origins are explored in this film examining the unleashing of an ancient prophecy. When billionaire inventor Tony Stark raises the ruins of a buried Chinese kingdom, the emperor of China's most horrific dynasty is unearthed. In order to protect himself in this ultimate battle, Tony designs a suit of armor which becomes known as the Iron Man.


Review: I am a big comic nerd and will watch anything that is even comic related. I was never a huge Iron Man fan, but did fade in and out of reading the comic over the years. I always thought the character was cool and I’m really looking forward to the live action feature, but was looking forward to having this animated film to hold me off.

This film has the same feel as the two Ultimate Avengers films. The animation is pretty much the same. When there is no action going on the film moves kind of slow, sometimes a little too slow. The characters were nothing special, except for some of the villains. They did change the Mandarin character, which I knew and didn’t really care, but it came off a little bit disappointing. There is a cool sequence showing some of the various Iron Man armor’s from over the years that is cool for the fans. Although I found it cool, but others may not, Iron Man spends most of the movie in a new version of his original grey armor. What is really the saving grace to this movie is the Iron Man sequences. The animation they used when he is on the screen looks really cool. Over all the movie is ok, but I think could have been so much better.

NOTE: Be sure to check out the Dr. Strange preview, that sequence is really cool.
 

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