The Invincible Iron Man (2007) (V)

Directors:

Patrick Archibald
Jay Oliva

Writers:

Avi Arad (story)
Greg Johnson (writer)

Release Date:

23 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

A Lone Warrior. A Suit of Armor. Our Only Hope. IRON MAN.

Plot:

When a cocky industrialist's efforts to raise an ancient Chinese temple leads him to be seriously wounded and captured by enemy forces, he must use his ideas for a revolutionary power armor in order to fight back as a superhero.

Plot Keywords:

Accident | Armor | Dictator | Prophecy | Elementals

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Marc Worden	...	Tony Stark / Iron Man (voice)
Gwendoline Yeo	...	Li Mei (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	The Mandarin / Additional Voices (voice)
Rodney Saulsberry	...	James 'Rhodey' Rhodes (voice)
Elisa Gabrielli	...	Virginia 'Pepper' Potts (voice)
John McCook	...	Howard Stark (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Cheung	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Chris Edgerly	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Stephen Mendillo	...	Boyer (voice)
Paul Nakauchi	...	Additional Voices (voice)
James Sie	...	Wong Chu (voice)
Michael Yama	...	Additional Voices (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for action violence and some sensuality.

Runtime:

83 min | 83 min (approx)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | English

Color:

Color (NTSC Color) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Dolby (Dolby 5.1)

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | USA:PG-13 (DVD) | Singapore:PG

Company:

Marvel Studios

Goofs:

Factual errors: The "demon elementals" are earth, fire, water and air - Western elements. The traditional Chinese elements are earth, fire, water, wood and metal.

Quotes:

The Mandarin: She has served her purpose, Iron Knight. As for you, your blood must now be shed, and the prophecy must be fulfilled.

Movie Connections:

References Frankenstein (1931)

The Invincible Iron Man

It is slightly better than Ultimate avengers movies. It is longer and slightly more intense. It was not that bad, the 3-D battles are cool, the kind that will make you stare in awe, together with the 2-D animation, it is cool. The first forty minutes is the introduction and the other forty minutes, you get the cool action. The director cleverly made the first forty minutes interesting so as not to bore you with the talking, and goes forward with cool 3-D battles. Clever indeed but it somehow feels a bit slow-pacing, the fights: Great effects but you will only see Iron man fighting for a few minutes and rush off to retreat. This is the beginning of Iron man so don't expect to see him in cool outfits (you will see him in the latest suit for a while), his original suit was grey in colour, dull and big.

Those who are new to Iron man may want to catch it, Iron man's fans also can watch it. It has great fights, and explode everywhere they fight with a touch of brief nudity ( Wow! A marvel animated movie to show brief nudity). Those who watched this might want to catch the upcoming animated movie, Dr strange and for the rest of the fans might want to wait for the upcoming live-action Iron man movie. It may not be one of the best animated movie but it is still cool.

On VCD in Singapore, just bought it. It came out quite recently.