The films central & philosophical question is does the suit make the man or vice versa. Tony does some soul searching, teams up with an inventive kid and works on finding a way to stop the Mandarin and save the love of his life Pepper, who has been captured by the organization known as Advance Idea Mechanics or A.I.M. for short.

Iron Man 3 is not short on twists. For much of the film Tony is actually armor-less, which isn’t the problem. In fact, I rather enjoyed seeing Tony play the hero sans-armor it’s one of the more enjoyable parts of the movie. There is also a surprise with the revelation of the Mandarin, that like the character decrees, “You’ll never see coming”.

The problems with this flick manifest in the third act and continue throughout the films climax. This is where all the plot elements should come together. Instead, the plot disassembles itself, similarly to the Iron Man MK-42 armor.

Related: Eric's Amazing Spider-Man review