Iron Man 3 (12A)
Verdict: Best of the trio
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Comic-strip superhero movies are not exactly noted for intelligence, wit or humour. Iron Man 3 is the welcome exception.
The big asset of the series has always been Robert Downey Jr as the billionaire playboy, talkaholic and unrepentant sex addict Tony Stark. He is a nerd’s bedsit fantasy, a brilliant scientist and inventor who’s impossibly wealthy and irresistible to women.
The director and co-writer is Shane Black, who — way back in the Nineties — was the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood but now ranks as Tinseltown’s most underrated talent.
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Magnetic hero: Robert Downey Jr. as eccentric genius, billionaire, philanthropist Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man