Film Review – Iron Man 3

When we last saw Iron Man saving the day, he was a member of the
Avengers, teaming up with his superhero friends to save the Earth from a
city-smashing alien invasion. Unable to topple that mighty achievement,
co-writer/director Shane Black selects an insular path for the arrogant
but lovable Tony Stark, and that unusual mix of spectacle and personal
inventory keeps “Iron Man 3” stuck in neutral, unwilling to soar as
summer entertainment while frustratingly confused with its gratuitously
expansive storytelling. One major sequence nearly saves the whole
endeavor, but what Black has here is flat and overstuffed with contrived
comic book business, feeling about as heavy and immobile as Stark’s
famous armor.
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