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| Iron Man returns with more suits of armor than ever before, including Mark XLII. |
Last year this time, Marvel embarked on its most ambitious
outing ever with The Avengers. For the
legions of rabid Marvel fanboys out there, witnessing its larger-than-life superhero
dream team (Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America) joining forces for the
very first time onscreen sparked a higher demand for more superior superhero
flicks. That's all fine, except there's even greater pressure on Iron Man 3 to deliver the goods, more so
than any previous installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Since the life-altering events of The Avengers, billionaire genius Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has
found himself suffering from PTSD, unable to sleep and consumed in the bowels
of his Malibu home lab with constructing newer variations of Iron Man armor.
But those are just the start of his problems when Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin
begins to terrorize the American people and its government. After an attack on
his long-time friend Happy, Tony's war with the Mandarian gets real personal.