Iron Man

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... Robert Downey, Jr.? In this blockbuster comic book flick, the goateed thespian suits up as brilliant billionaire Tony Stark - an amoral arms dealer with the world at his feet and a foxy assistant by his side (played by Gwyneth Paltrow). But when he's captured by terrorists, Tony has a change of heart (literally) and escapes via his newest creation - a high-tech suit of battle armor that makes RoboCop look like wind-up toy. Reforged as the superhero "Iron Man", Tony embarks on an explosive warpath for peace, making up for lost karma and setting his sights on evildoers. After all, who needs diplomacy when you can shoot missiles from your hands?