Iron Man 3

"Is there a climatic fight scene with two Iron Mans?" asked another review of Iron Man 3?  No [ *].   But otherwise, if you liked IM or IM2 you won't be surprised at Iron Man 3.  Same cast, same characters, same Bat Cave.  But there is a new villain!

Ben Kingsley is a nice villain addition to IM 3 as  [da dum]... The Mandarin!  He intercepts the airways to deliver his terroristic message, Osama-style, .  He'll remind you of anther famous movie villain before its over.

Robert Downey, Jr. plays the Tony Stark wisecracker and with the Christmas setting (?) you'll think of Die Hard 2 all over again.  Gweneth Paltrow is the leading lady, Don Cheadle the Robin to Downey's Batman.  Or maybe the Captain America to Iron Man.  Shameless Captain America plug as to the Iron Patriot.

Not a lot of new ground to break here.  But when you make $175MM the first weekend, why change anything?

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