Iron Man 3

It’s Iron Man 3 time. Or is it Iron Man 2? If you can spot the differences let me know as most of the action scenes here seem carbon copies of the last instalment. No point going over plot details here, though Marvel time wise this is the follow up to The Avengers. It’s a step back in quality from that film though and much like Tony Stark’s suit crashes and burns. The over-rated Shane Black is on mega-phone duties this time, though he seems more concerned with filling the script with his alleged zingers. At least some of them hit home, which at least makes up for his lack of effort when it comes to getting performances from the cast with Ben Kingsley’s turn best described as WTF? Shame Jon Favreau didn’t have more of a hand in the production of this as surely he wouldn’t have allowed the introduction of a child sidekick – the cinematic sign that all ideas have been exhausted. Still, considering this is now the fifth highest grossing film of all time (albeit not adjusted for inflation), we’ll be back scraping the bottom of the concept barrel for the inevitable next chapter. There’s yet another post-credits scene, apparently. Yawn. Rating: 4/10.