Iron Man 3 (2013) - Action Movie Rankings

🎙️🔥 In this episode, John suits up for Action Movie Rankings with a deep dive into Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 (2013). The film finds Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) physically and psychologically unglued after the events of The Avengers — battling insomnia, anxiety, and an obsession with building ever-more-sophisticated suits. When the mysterious “Mandarin” terrorizes the U.S. and Stark’s world is literally blown apart, Tony is forced to rely on his wits, not just his armor, to protect Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) and take the fight to a new kind of enemy.

John breaks down what makes Iron Man 3 different from its predecessors: Shane Black’s more intimate, buddy-movie-at-heart approach, a tonal mix of dark comedy and action, and a focus on Tony’s PTSD and identity without the suit. The episode also digs into the film’s controversial Mandarin twist and its adaptation of the Extremis plotline — choices that split fans but gave the movie narrative risks you don’t always see in tentpole fare.

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