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The first entry in theMarvel Cinematic Universe , 2008’sIron Man , still holds up as one of the franchise ’s unspoilt works – and a high bench mark for everything that follow . smoothing iron Manestablished many familiar hallmarks that would go on to recur throughout the MCU , including the scoundrel . Like Thanos , Ego , Wenwu , and Mysterio , Obadiah Stane is an vicious father figure who mentors the zep before betraying them .
By 2013,Iron Manhad two sequels . Tony ’s solo risky venture were over before most of his fellow Avengers ’ standalone franchise had even begun . BothIron Man 2andIron Man 3polarized fans and critics for their own reasons , with a handful of opponent that exemplify the drawbacks of Marvel ’s “ villain problem . ”
Aldrich Killian
The God Almighty of the Extremis computer virus , Aldrich Killian , wasthe thirdIron Manmovievillain in a rowing who turned out to be a business rival motivate by one - up Tony Stark . All three of the villains who menace Tony in his solo motion picture wanted to be him . Guy Pearce is a great actor , as learn in plenty of other film , but his goofy - looking orange - glowing villain never feels like a tangible terror inIron Man 3 .
Killian is just a whiney , annoying nerd and the twist that reveal him to be the handsome spoiled does n’t make sentiency . Rebecca Hall ’s Maya Hansen is set up up as the real villain , and harmonize toVariety , she was suppose to be the real baddie but Marvel nixed the concept of a distaff villain . Shane Black was forced to rewrite the script and the threequel ’s plot terminate up with a bunch of holes .
Whiplash
The primary forcible threat to Tony Stark inIron Man 2is Whiplash , played by Mickey Rourke , who assail him with a brace of electrical whip . Iron Man 2 ’s Whiplash and Justin Hammer established the annoying MCU trend of featuring two underwritten villains as opposed to just consecrate one enough way to develop into an interesting character reference .
Despite suffer from what would become a recurring problem , Whiplash get a nifty origination on the Monaco racecourse – but it all goes downhill from there . In the finale , Whiplash is disappointingly defeated with a “ deus ex machina ” when Tony and Rhodey willy-nilly adjudicate to point their repulsors at each other and that conveniently happens to be the key to stopping him .
The Ten Rings
In the thrilling opening scenes ofthe firstIron Manmovie , Tony is trapped in a cave with a mentor and a loge of fleck by a band of unpitying terrorists using his own ship’s company ’s load . This constitution is n’t overtly key out as the Ten Rings , but they have all the logos and visual signifiers of the Mandarin ’s terrorist system .
The Ten Rings terrorists featured in the firstIron Manfilm are reasonably one - dimensional caricatures , but their function in the story tapped into post-9/11 fears of terrorism .
Trevor Slattery
The Mandarin spin inIron homo 3is one of the most polarizing plot turns from any comic book movie ever made . Ben Kingsley ’s quality was tease apart as a genuinely direful terrorist leader in the trailers and the former setting . But , around the film ’s midpoint , he become out to bea soccer - loving actor named Trevor Slattery , who merely pose as the face of the Ten Rings rather of in reality running the organization . This twist for sure subverted arithmetic mean , but not needfully in a proficient way .
Casual moviegoers were suitably surprised by the reveal , but comic - savvy viewers who know the Mandarin ’s history as Tony ’s occult arch - nemesis were bitingly disappointed by the carpeting - pull . It ’s like if there was a Batman movie in which it turns out the Joker is an actual clown who puzzle no terror to the Dark Knight whatsoever . Still , Kingsley is hilarious as always and he redeemed the character almost a decade later with a supporting comic stand-in office inShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings .
Obadiah Stane
In the originalIron Manfilm , Obadiah Stane became the first of Tony ’s many business enterprise rivals to torment him on the heavy screen . Stane is a founding father figure who apparently connect with Tony to fill the void left by Howard . However , he just turn out to be after his wealth and might .
He even rent terrorists to kidnap Tony ( and kill him , but they did n’t get that far into the plan ) . Jeff Bridges gives a genuinely unnerving turn in this role . It ’s odd to see “ The gallant ” acting this sinister and heavy .
Justin Hammer
The second business competitor to come after Iron Man was Justin Hammer . Hammer is despairing to replicate the Iron Man technology with his own fellowship ’s resources and , unlike Stark , he ’s willing to get together with the U.S. regime to provide the armed force with an army of robotic henchmen .
Hammer is a typical esurient incarnate suit of clothes , but the character is elevated bySam Rockwell ’s delightfully eccentric performance . He leans into the fictional character ’s most hateable qualities , from his smarm to his spinelessness . Hammer is a Stark wannabe in the truest sense ; he has Tony ’s wealth but none of his showmanship , as his silly dance moves can attest to .
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