Article: Armed for a real thriller; IRON MAN (Cert 12, 121 mins, Paramount Home Entertainment, Action/Comedy/Romance, also available to buy DVD pounds 19.99/two-disc DVD pounds 24.99/Blu-ray pounds 29.99) Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Faran Tahir. ***** DVD.(Features)

INVENTOR and consummate playboy Tony Stark (Downey Jr) is CEO of global weapons manufacturing business Stark Industries.

During a demonstration of the devastating Jericho missile close to Bagram air base in Afghanistan, insurgents capture Tony and compel him to build another Jericho missile, this time to engage American forces.

Instead, Tony orchestrates a daring escape with fellow prisoner of war Yinsen (Toub), wearing a crude, yet ultra-strong, suit of armour. Found wandering the desert by his good friend, Lieutenant Colonel James 'Rhodey' Rhodes (Howard), ...

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