IRON MAN

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You’ve got to hand it to Robert Downey Jr. for making the most impressive comeback in Hollywood history.

But for all of it’s anti-corporate military themes, "Iron Man" spends too much time watching technology genius Tony Stark tinkering with his super-hero costume design to get around to developing much of a story.

Jeff Bridges makes a menacing bad guy in the guise of corporate angler Obadiah Stane, but doesn’t get enough screen time to do his character justice.

Gwyneth Paltrow steals scenes as Tony Stark’s personal assistant and would-be love interest Pepper Potts, but it’s Downey who keeps the movie afloat when Iron Man isn’t showing off his gravity defying abilities, as when he out-maneuvers fighter jets.

"Spider-Man 2" still has no competition as the best movie of the super-hero genre.

Rated PG-13. 126 mins.