Action thriller conventions - homework

Iron Man

At the start of the film there is an obvious antagonist being the Afganistan soldiers who capture the main character. The soldiers know who the main character is and the weapons he makes, knowing this they try and make him build the newest weapon, but the main character tricks them and builds his iron ma suite. Also there is a non - obvious antagonist being the main characters business partner, who is selling weapons and information to the Afgani soldiers.

There is a race against the clock scenario all the way through the film. The first scenario is when the Afgani soldiers only give him 7 days to build the weapon. Another is the main character has to get to his business partner who has made a replica of his iron man suite, the race against the clock is trying to stop him in time before he can harm people and the main characters maid who went to arrest him with the police.

In the film there is a lot of violence taking place and more than any other sub - genres. being an iron man there is not much that can hurt him giving him the advantage over the other characters. Before the main character was the iron man he was physically fit, but not trained in combat, this shows that the technology used in the iron man suite did the fighting for him. The films violence included mostly gun fire and not fist brawling.

The iron man also has an achilles heel being that peices of shrapnel need to be kept away from his heart with a magnet. if this magnet was to stop working then he would die, which leaves him with a big disadvantage whilst fighting.

In the film his helper / maid called pepper pots, helps him and knows everything. As the film goes on you can see a definate attraction between the two, but being professional they do not let it affect their relationship until one night. When she gets in trouble he tries to save her even though the power in his suite is running down showing he will give his life for her which shows a female driving the narrative.