Iron Man Page #7

Synopsis: Tony Stark. Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist. Son of legendary inventor and weapons contractor Howard Stark. When Tony Stark is assigned to give a weapons presentation to an Iraqi unit led by Lt. Col. James Rhodes, he's given a ride on enemy lines. That ride ends badly when Stark's Humvee that he's riding in is attacked by enemy combatants. He survives - barely - with a chest full of shrapnel and a car battery attached to his heart. In order to survive he comes up with a way to miniaturize the battery and figures out that the battery can power something else. Thus Iron Man is born. He uses the primitive device to escape from the cave in Iraq. Once back home, he then begins work on perfecting the Iron Man suit. But the man who was put in charge of Stark Industries has plans of his own to take over Tony's technology for other matters.
Director(s): Jon Favreau
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 20 wins & 65 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
PG-13
Year:
2008
126 min
$318,298,180
Website
9,404 Views


We have a common enemy.

We are still in business.

I will give you these designs...

...as a gift.

And in return...

...I hope you repay me

with a gift of iron soldiers.

This is the only gift

you will recieve.

Technology.

That's always been your Achilles

heel in this part of the world.

Don't worry. It will only

last for 15 minutes.

That's the least

of your problems.

Bring the armour

and the rest of it.

Alright, lets finish up here.

Set up Sector 16

underneath the Arc reactor.

And I want this dead and masked.

Recruit our top engineers.

I want a prototype right away.

Are you busy?

I need you to go to my office

and hack into the mainframe.

You're gonna retrieve all

the recent shipping manifests.

This is a lock chip,

this will get you in.

It's probably under

Executive Files, if not...

they put it on a ghost drive,

in which case you need to look

for the lowest

numeric heading.

And what do you plan to do

with this information

if I bring it back here?

- Same drill.

They've been dealing under

the table, I'm gonna stop them.

I'm gonna find my weapons

and destroy them.

Tony...

you know that I would

help you with anything,

but I can not help you if you're

gonna start all of this again.

There is nothing except this.

There's no art openings,

there's no benefit,

there's nothing to sign.

There's the next mission,

and nothing else.

Is that so?

Well, then I quit.

You stood by my side

all these years

while I reaped the

benefits of destruction.

And now that I'm trying

to protect the people

that I've put in harm's way,

your going to walk out?

You're gonna kill yourself, Tony.

I'm not gonna be a part of it.

I shouldn't be alive...

unless it was for a reason.

I'm not crazy, Pepper.

I just finally know

what I have to do.

And I know in my heart

that it's right.

You're all I have

too, you know.

Sector 16?

What are you up to, Obadiah?

You did not tell us that

the target you paid us to kill

was the great Tony Stark.

As you can see,

Obadiah Stane, your deception

and lies will cost you dearly.

The price to kill Tony Stark

has just gone up.

So... what are we

gonna do about this?

I know what you're

going through, Pepper.

Ah, Tony. He always gets

the good stuff, doesn't he?

I was so happy...

when he came home. It was like

we got him back from the dead.

And now I realise...

...well, Tony never really

did come home, did he?

He left a part of himself

in that cave.

Breaks my heart.

Well...

He is a complicated person.

He's been through a lot.

I think he'll be alright.

You are a very rare woman.

Tony doesn't know

how lucky he is.

Thank you. Thanks.

I gotta get back there.

Is that today's paper?

Yes.

- Do you mind?

- Not at all.

- Puzzle.

- Of course.

Take care.

Ms. Potts?

We had an appointment.

Did you forget about

our appointment?

Nope. Right now,

come with me.

I'll give you the meeting

of your life. Your office.

We've been working our best.

Absolutely, we're... I'm gonna

have to call you back.

Mr. Stane? Sir, we've explored

what you've asked us

and it seems as though there's

a little hiccup, actually...

- A hiccup?

- Yes, to power the suit...

sir, the technology actually

doesn't exist. So it's...

Wait, wait, the technology?

William, here is

the technology.

I've asked you to simply

make it smaller.

Okay, sir, that's what

we're trying to do,

but honestly,

it's impossible.

Tony Stark was able

to build this in a cave!

With a box of scraps!

I'm sorry.

I'm not Tony Stark.

Tony?

Tony, are you there?

Breathe.

Easy, easy...

You remember this one, right?

It's a shame the government

didn't approve.

There are so many applications

regarding short-term paralysis.

Ah, Tony.

When I ordered

the hit on you,

I was worried that I was...

...killing the golden goose.

But, you see...

it was just fate

that you survived it,

leaving one last

golden egg to give.

You really think that just

because you have an idea,

it belongs to you?

Your father, he helped to

give us the atomic bomb.

Now what kind of world

would it be today

if he was as selfish as you?

Oh, it's beautiful.

Ah, Tony...

This is your Ninth Symphony.

What a masterpiece!

Look at that.

This is your legacy.

The generation of weapons...

...with this at its heart.

The weapons that will help

stir the world back on course.

With the balance of power

in our hands.

In the right hands.

I wish you could see

my prototype.

It's not as... not as

conservative as yours.

Too bad you had to

involve Pepper in this.

I would've prefered

that she lived.

What do you mean he paid

to have Tony killed?

Pepper, slow down.

Why would Obadiah...

okay, where is Tony now?

I don't know, he's not

answering his phone.

Please go there and make

sure everything's okay.

Thank you, Rhodey.

I know a shortcut.

Good boy.

Tony?

Tony?

Tony?

Tony!

- Are you okay?

- Where is Pepper?

She's fine. She's with five agents

that are about to arrest Obadiah.

That's not gonna be enough.

Section 16.

Section 16...

There it is.

My key's not working,

it's not opening the door.

Wow, what is that? It's like

a little device, like a thing

that's gonna pick the lock?

-You may wanna take few steps back.

That's the coolest thing I've

ever seen. - Not bad, huh?

Let's do it.

You need me to do

anything else?

Keep the skies clear.

Damn!

Next time, baby.

Looks like you were right.

He was building a suit.

I thought it'll be bigger.

Take him out!

How do you think the Mark One

chest piece is gonna hold up?

That chest piece was never

designed for sustained flight.

Keep me posted.

- Pepper.

- Tony?

- Tony, are you okay?

- I'm fine.

- Obadiah, he's gone insane.

- I know. Listen!

- You better get outta there!

- He built the suit.

Get outta there, right now!

Where do you think

you're going?

Your services are

no longer required.

Stane!

- I love this suit!

- Put them down.

Collateral damage, Tony.

Defer the power

to chest piece.

Power reduced to 19%.

Lady!

For thirty years,

I've been holding you up.

I built this company

from nothing!

And nothing is gonna

stand in my way.

And least of all, you.

Impressive!

You upgraded your armour.

I've made some

upgrades of my own.

Sir, it appears that

his suit can fly.

Duly noted. Take me

to the maximum altitude.

With only 15% power, the odds

of reaching that altitude...

I know the math! Do it!

Sir, you're not gonna believe this.

That thing is back.

Get me major Allen.

Scramble the jets!

Not necessary, people,

just the training exercise.

- 13% power, sir.

- Climb!

-11%.

- Keep going!

- 7% power. - Just leave it on

the screen, stop telling me.

You had a great idea, Tony,

but my suit is more

advanced in every way!

How'd you solve

the icing problem?

Icing problem?

Might want to look into it.

We are now running on

emergency backup power.

- Potts!

- Tony!

Oh my God, are you okay?

I'm almost dead of power,

I gotta get out of this thing.

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