Iron Man 3

Storyline

Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black and co-written with Drew Pearce, is a smart, character-driven action thriller that kicks off Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by stripping billionaire industrialist Tony Stark of his high-tech armor and forcing him to confront his deepest psychological vulnerabilities. Haunted by severe PTSD, panic attacks, and sleep deprivation following the traumatic near-death ordeal of carrying a nuclear warhead through the alien wormhole during the Battle of New York, Stark obsessively constructs dozens of specialized Iron Man suits to cope with his profound feelings of inadequacy. His fragile world collapses when a shadowy terrorist known as The Mandarin unleashes a string of untraceable bombings across the world using Extremis, a revolutionary, volatile bio-tech serum that mutates human physiology into regenerative, explosive weapons. After Tony impulsively taunts the Mandarin on live television, attack helicopters launch missile strikes that demolish his Malibu cliffside mansion into the Pacific Ocean, leaving Tony presumed dead and stranded in the freezing snows of rural Tennessee with a wrecked, unpowered prototype suit. Stripped of his fortune, technology, and status, Tony relies solely on his native engineering ingenuity and a precocious local boy named Harley Keener to uncover the conspiracy orchestrated by crippled scientist-turned-tycoon Aldrich Killian. Featuring the sensational 'House Party Protocol' finale and Robert Downey Jr.’s charismatic virtuosity, Iron Man 3 is an electrifying celebration of the man behind the machine.