Iron Man
UK Release Date: 2 May 2008 Certification: 12A Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Leslie Bibb, Jeff Bridges, Jon Favreau, Clark Gregg, Terrence Howard, Samuel L Jackson, Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow Rating: 80% "I am Iron Man" R eview: Where it all began. Iron Man , the first movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, is a good one. A sound base for a whole new genre of movies - the superhero blockbuster. I ron Man doesn't have the pressure that other movies in the MCU do. The audience didn't know that it was going to part of a connected universe when it was released. And that is what makes the movie, for a lot of people, an enjoyable experience. But when the then revolutionary post-cr edit scene appeared the audience were shocked and Kevin Feige (President of Marvel Studios) created a marketing masterpiece. People realised The Incredible Hulk was coming out and it was part of the same universe. This is why I love Iron Man so much. One of the reas...