For both comic book fans and those who can't tell the Green Lantern from the Green Arrow, IRON MAN is the type of summer blockbuster whose appeal lasts far beyond the season. Robert Downey Jr. stars as Tony Stark, a billionaire playboy and genius who puts as much effort into chasing skirts as he puts into chasing his next big idea. A trip to Afghanistan to sell weapons quickly devolves into chaos, and Stark finds himself at the mercy of a warlord who wants him to build a missile. Instead, Stark creates a powerful suit of armor, turning him into Iron Man and allowing him to escape. When he returns to America, his assistant Pepper Pots (Gwyneth Paltrow), friend Rhodey (Terrence Howard), and right-hand man Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges) all marvel at the change in the man they knew.

IRON MAN is the first film to be self-financed by Marvel Studios, and they should be proud of their freshman effort. They didn't take any obvious routes with choosing the cast or crew, and it pays off. Director Jon Favreau, who also has a small role in the film, is best known for directing ELF, but his first action-driven effort is nearly flawless. Casting Downey was gutsy but inspired: this is his first big action picture as well, but the wit he displays in films such as the cult hit KISS KISS, BANG BANG works perfectly for the character of Stark. IRON MAN features nods to its beloved source material, as well as to the classic animated series of the 1960s. But even for the uninitiated, this film provides an interesting entry into the Marvel superhero's universe. Audiences who keep watching after the credits have rolled will be rewarded with a bonus scene.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case - Spanish Packaging
Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Subtitled - English, French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Additional Scenes - (11)
Easter Eggs - 1. Easter Egg Stan Lee
Trailers - 1. Iron Man: Armored Adventures

Distributor Notes: Suit up for action with Robert Downey Jr. in the ultimate adventure movie you've been waiting for, Iron Man! When jet-setting genius-industrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he's on a mission to save the world as a hero who's built, not born, to be unlike any other. Co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges, it's a fantastic, high-flying journey that is "hugely entertaining" (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal).

Source - Paramount Home Entertainment

Robert Downey: American actor, CHAPLIN (1992), IRON MAN (2008)
Jeff Bridges: American actor IRON MAN, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, STARMAN
Terrence Howard: Actor\"Dead Presidents"
Shaun Toub: 
Gwyneth Paltrow: Oscar Winning Actress, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
Leslie Bibb: Actress
Clark Gregg: American actor, THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE
Faran Tahir: 

Jon Favreau: American actor/screenwriter/director, SWINGERS

Avi Arad: Executive producer, many Marvel Comics properties
Kevin Feige: Executive Producer, THE HULK (2003)

Mark Fergus: Director
Hawk Ostby: Screenwriter, FIRST SNOW (2007)
Art Marcum: Screenwriter
Matthew Holloway: Screenwriter

Ramin Djawadi: Music, THUNDERBIRDS (2004)

Dan Lebental: Editor, FROM HELL (2001)

"The well-crafted IRON MAN is one of the smartest superhero films to come down the pike in some time....Robert Downey Jr. again reveal why he is one of the best actors of his generation..."
3 stars out of 4 -- "In IRON MAN, Downey's likably snide playboy character is cut from the same anti-hero cloth as Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow..."
"[Favreau] draws on his humanistic gifts to make IRON MAN a compellingly down-to-earth superhero fantasy..." -- Grade: B+
"There's winning comedy in Stark's suit-making misadventures, involving a dash of Wile E. Coyote slapstick and some terrific deadpanning from Downey Jr.. And the acting-powerhouse cast doesn't disappoint."
"It has Downey's spirited turn going for it, as well as rousing sequences of various models of Iron Man armour in action....It makes a lot of clever decisions..."
"[A]n unusually good superhero picture....The film benefits from a script that generally chooses clever dialogue over manufactured catchphrases...and also from a crackerjack cast that accepts the filmmakers's invitation to do some real acting..."
3 stars out of 4 -- "Seeing Downey and Bridges duel is one of the film's primary delights..."
"[I]t's got an energetic, engaging performance by Robert Downey Jr....This part has been nicely tailored to Downey's talents and is a great deal of fun as a result."
4 stars out of 5 -- "A cad-to-crusader origin story, it's funny, smart, charming -- all the attributes of its star."