♪ He's a man on a mission ♪
♪ In armor of high tech ammunition ♪
♪ Trapped on the edge of an endless game ♪
♪ His teenage life will never be the same ♪
♪ In a dangerous world he does all he can ♪
♪ He's Iron Man ♪
♪ Iron Man ♪
[flute]
MOTHER: Temugin?
Temugin!
Don't you hear me?
Look, Mother! I made these!
What is this?
Where are these ideas from?
Where have you seen this?
In my dreams, Mother.
And sometimes... when I'm awake, too.
These circles you draw,
Temugin...
They're rings. Like this one.
This is a very special ring.
It has been in our family a long time.
And one day, when you're ready...
it will be yours.
Wow...
There is no one like you in the world.
You will bring
all the rings together again.
When you do, you'll accomplish great things.
For this is your destiny.
My destiny.
Nine rings...
You were right, Mother.
I will succeed where my ancestors failed.
When the tenth ring is finally mine,
I will have control over everything.
Come on, satellite. I know you're working.
Where's Gene and his Makluan rings?
PEPPER: Where are we?!
RHODEY: Calm down, Pepper. We're almost there.
Calm down?
Rhodey, what do you expect
when you've got me walking around blind?
We're very, very, very close...
What's with the surprise?
My birthday isn't for 3 months!
Tony couldn't wait that long.
Tony? What?
No way.
-Is that--? -Yep.
-It's really--? -Uh-huh.
Pepper Potts...
You now own the new Stark Solutions
X51 Stealth Infiltrator armor!
Tony!
Oh... My... Gosh!
Oh my gosh!
[squeals]
This is the best present in the history of the universe!
Does that mean you like it, or...
Love it! Are you kidding me?
I completely love it!
[chuckles] Well, you know...
You practiced enough with the old stealth armor...
Yeah. Sorry about that...
TONY: Forget about it.
Let's focus on your name.
Ohhhh!
What about Iron Girl? No, Ironette!
No, wait, Iron Woman!
No, it's all so derivative.
It must be unique, timeless!
Something that screams "hero"!
[Tony chuckles]
See what you created?
OK, Pepper, before you put the armor on,
you've got to read important safety protocols.
Basic operations, HUD interface...
[heavy footsteps]
I'm going for a test drive.
Just around the block. Yes!
Be back in a few hours! WOO-HOOOO!
Pepper, no! Wait!
Let's hope she doesn't take out New Jersey.
Let's hope it's only the shore.
I'll armor up.
This is it right here!
Eat my silver and purple dust shield jetpacks!
Woohoo!
Woah! Woah!
Pepper!
What? I'm just breaking her in...
Sorry!
Pepper!
You need to know stuff about your suit
before you blow apart a skyscraper...
I've got the repulsors and uni-beams like you.
What else?
You have energy bombs, for one.
You mean laser grenades?
Sweeeeet!
[shoots]
Would you please stop!
Oh! What's this one do?
Stealth mode!
I'm like the Invisible Woman!
The stealth function drains the battery.
-So... -Here I am!
Oop! There I go!
-Pepper! No Pepper! -Pepper!
We could call you Stealth Machine.
Or Annoying Machine.
PEPPER: Aww, come on.
I'm just having fun!
ARMOR: Makluan energy signature detected.
That's it! Finally!
-PEPPER: What? -TONY: It's Gene!
His rings are emitting Makluan energy.
He's teleporting all over.
He's going after the tenth ring.
RHODEY: Where is he?
Mainland China.
China? On the other side of the world?
This won't be a short trip.
I need an excuse for why I'm gone...
RHODEY: We all do.
You need us, don't try to argue.
Okay. So... We need a cover story.
Any ideas?
RHODEY: Hey, mom...
Can I stay the weekend at Tony's?
It's his birthday...
PEPPER: A party?
No, dad.
It's me, Rhodey and Tony.
That's the science team.
Come on dad, please say yes, please, please, please!
Or I'll keep saying 'please' and get really annoying!
Pepper's folks are okay with it.
Give them a call...
-Dad? -Sure, Tony, I'll let you go.
Once I find out what you're not telling me.
You keep secrets as well as your mother did.
Fess up or what?
I'm 3 days from turning 18!
You don't have to know everything, Dad.
Oh really?
When you live under my roof, I do.
Why does it matter when all you do is work on--
This is...? Are you working on a weapon?
Anthony...
Then what's this?
You're working on weapons again?
After everything?
After you swore to me?!
Will you calm down!
-It's not what you think! -You lied to me!
Tony!
GENE: Mother, I wish you were here.
I alone will bring order to this chaotic world.
I'll become the hero I was born to be.
[ring chimes, ground shakes, temple appears]
I was destined to be.
This should end where it all began!
I see that now...
Thank you, Mother!
Thank you, great ancestors!
Tony, is that you?
No, sir. I, uh...
I found something I can't explain.
I'll put it on-screen.
It's unmarked but definitely ours.
The trouble is...
we have no record of it launching into orbit!
What do you suppose it is?
PEPPER: Tony, you haven't said a word.
-Do you want to talk? -No.
RHODEY: Your dad must have an explanation
for designing a new weapon.
Don't go down there all mad!
We need a game plan, Tony!
ARMOR: Warning: missile lock detected.
Multiple missile locks detected.
TONY: Multiple? How many?
Oh. That many.
Not good.
[missiles launched]
[laser beam, explosions]
RHODEY: Did I say something about a plan?
TONY: My emotions got the best of me.
-Sorry! -Happens to the best of us.
PEPPER: Not to interrupt you,
but we're being shot at!
[missiles exploding]
Rhodey!
Ta-daa!
Armorina to the rescue!
RHODEY: Armorina?!
Too awesome? It is, isn't it?
Oh my gosh!
Hi, Guy who's trying to blast us into panda food!
[fighter planes launch missiles]
RHODEY: Wanna try something fun?
TONY: What do you have in mind?
Wait, I've got an idea.
[computer beeps]
[fuzzy sounds]
RHODEY: How'd you do that?
TONY: I hacked in with Extremis!
Now they're following 3 fake dots!
RHODEY: Lead with that next time.
TONY: I know.
Now to find Gene.
Let's see...
I can map the satellite data...
PEPPER: Um, Tony?
Don't think we'll need to.
Yeah.
[coin drops, footsteps]
No!
Two days!
I've been walking, flying, teleporting...
I'm back where I started.
This was all much easier
when Howard Stark was at my service.
I can do this. It's my destiny.
No matter how long it takes...
[landing sound]
What? That sounds like...
Tony.
This place is seriously huge.
TONY: Did you see the torn-up bamboo?
It must have raised from inside the earth.
That's how powerful Gene's become with nine rings.
Let's hope he hasn't got the tenth one.
RHODEY: Roger.
Ooh! Treasure!
TONY: No, Chinese currency.
Gene must use them to keep track.
[laser beam]
GENE: Three of you now?
Starting an Iron Brigade?
RHODEY: Big mistake, Mandarin!
[strains, hits]
GENE: Hello, new recruit.
Ready to fall before the Mandarin's might?
PEPPER: Give it a rest, Gene.
I'm so over you!
Pepper?
That's YOU?!
[punch, groan]
I don't want to fight you, Pepper...
I won't let anyone stand between me and my destiny!
You've lost your mind, Gene!
To think I was into you!
This is how it has to be.
I'm sorry.
Not as sorry as you're about to be!
[fighting noises]
[laser beams, explosion]
GENE: The maze...
It was a ruse.
This is it. This is...
He's going for the ring!
You're too late, Tony!
My destiny is-- Aagh!
GENE: The Temple Guardian.
It has to be!
Protector of the tenth ring!
[heavy footsteps]
GENE: What--? It's...
in my head!
You...
Gene Khan...
You have the Dragonseed in you.
-The what? -The Dragonseed.
It makes you...
not entirely human.
TONY: This is getting weird.
If I'm not human...
then, what am I?
GUARDIAN: You are part Makluan, as were your ancestors.
That is why you can wield the rings,
whereas your stepfather Zhang could not.
PEPPER: Makluan?
So Gene is part... ring?
The rings were made by my people, the Makluan,
eons ago, forged in the heart of the First Star.
They were created for our Overlord
who used the power of the rings to enslave world after world,
crushing whole civilizations.
This was our way for thousands of years,
either conquering worlds or extinguishing them,
until I found I could bear witness no longer.
As the Overlord stuffed himself with food and drink,
I retrieved the rings from his chamber.
I made my escape,
though not undetected.
The Overlord hunted me for what seemed like ages,
until I lost him
in a remote galaxy where I found a small, habitable planet:
Earth.
Its people were primitive, but I saw great promise,
unlike any other race I'd encountered.
One man in particular was a boon to his people.
Selfless, kind and strong, I knew this noble Khan was wise
and worthy enough to use the rings.
And so I bestowed upon him the Dragonseed.
It altered his DNA,
giving him access to the power of the ten rings.
This man, your ancestor, became the very first Mandarin.
And now,
the honor has been bestowed upon you, Gene Khan.
It all makes sense.
The dreams, the drawings I made as a child of you...
PEPPER: So Gene isn't part ring, he's part alien?!
RHODEY: I knew there was something reptilian about him.
TONY: Hang on.
If it's true, why were the rings hidden?
In his old age, the Mandarin grew wary of his children,
who wished to use the rings most unwisely.
He scattered the rings across the planet,
returning the tenth ring to me.
I placed myself in deep stasis,
waiting for who would discover the other nine rings
and use their power to find me here.
Tell me, Gene Khan,
are you worthy of this power?
I am worthy.
I'll do whatever I have to to prove it!
I do not think so.
I see much darkness in you.
Tony, what are we gonna do?
Hope the Space Lizard kicks Gene's butt.
TONY: Gene!
Let it go.
You can't defeat the Guardian.
He is THE Guardian!
This is my destiny, Stark.
Of course I can.
[laser beam]
GUARDIAN: Your ancestor was more adept with the rings.
GENE: He was nothing!
[lasers and struggle]
What? I don't believe it!
You... will... FALL!
So much petulance.
So much anger.
You are not worthy of the ten rings.
You dare challenge my birthright?
PEPPER: Whoa!
TONY: Pepper! Hold onto me!
[wind, struggle]
The tenth Makluan ring will be mine.
You will not stop me, alien!
So, you can be harmed.
[lasers]
PEPPER: Tony, Gene mustn't win!
-If he gets all ten rings... -You're right, Pepper. Rhodey?
RHODEY: Let's do this.
Even you said this power is my birthright.
You cannot deny me what is mine!
Don't you understand?
I'll bring order to the chaos of this world.
You have to believe me!
Oh, he believes you, Gene.
[lasers, struggle]
You... assisted me...
TONY: Yeah, enemy of my enemy...
Argh! He's...
inside my head!
Argh!
Argh! Mine, too!
You would be more worthy than Gene Khan to wield the rings.
[TONY laughs] Uh, thanks... Sir...
I'm fine without any alien DNA. No offense.
None taken, I was not referring to you...
but to the female human.
PEPPER: See?
Not everything's about Tony Star. Wait, what?!
Me?!
[laser, both cry out]
You're all fools thinking you can keep me from my legacy!
Fools!
TONY: Pepper! Stealth mode!
Now!
Fine.
You're the one I want, anyway...
[strains, lasers]
Think you can rescue your friends, you're wrong!
[laser, explosion]
You're not strong enough to defeat me!
I'm doing a good job so far. Argh!
How?
GENE: How did I find you?
The rings are more powerful than you realize.
That... And you never stop talking!
Pepper!
Now... Where were we, Makluan?
GUARDIAN: You are a disgrace to your lineage, Gene Khan.
You are a monster.
GENE: SILENCE!
I'LL SHOW YOU!
[punches]
Who is the disgrace now?
No!
THE TENTH RING IS MINE!
The power...!
I can feel the power!
I can see...
I can see everything!
Every molecule...
Every electron!
It's so beautiful...
So amazing!
I'm not even mortal anymore!
I am raw power!
[chuckles] I can do anything!
I can-- I can destroy Iron Man.
TONY: Gene... Don't do this.
GENE: You sicken me.
You pretended to be my friend!
Listen to yourself!
Can't you see what that power is doing to you?!
I'm tired of your lies.
Goodbye, Tony Stark.
[laser]
Who...? Not Pepper...
Howard Stark?
HOWARD: Are you okay?
TONY: I don't understand...
Anthony, are you all right?
I-- What?
-Anthony? No, I'm Iron-- -Tony.
You can cut the charade, son.
How--? How long have you--?
Since I saw Iron Man in the paper, after I was abducted.
I knew only you could build that armor.
[GENE groans and falls]
What have you done to me?
This is a Quantum Dot energy field suppressor.
I designed it to short-circuit the Makluan rings.
You!
[GENE laughs]
Something's funny, Gene?
GENE: You... you're too late, Stark!
You should've built it before I got the tenth ring!
Nothing can stop me now.
I can reshape reality itself!
Limitless power!
And now Howard Stark, for your insolence...
No!
It's okay, son.
A pointless last act of bravery, Stark?
Prove me right, Gene.
Go ahead. Strike me down.
You're no great hero, no destined king...
You're a power-hungry child
who'd squash whoever stands in his way.
Lies. That's... not true.
Then, prove him wrong!
Don't do it!
I will prove you all wrong.
I'll prove it to you and to the entire world!
Dad, are you okay?
Knowing my bluff paid off?
-I'm great. -Bluff?
You mean you-- You--
I figured you were War Machine, Rhodey, but...
This is new.
Please, don't tell my dad.
What are you calling yourself?
I'm thinking... Rescue.
Rescue?
-What kinda name is that? -The super-awesome kind!
I've come to you guys' rescue a bunch of times already and-
You did what, when?
Rescue. I like it!
Me too.
Erm, Mr Stark?
Are you... gonna tell my mom?
I can't say I approve of what all of you are doing...
But I suppose if I were your age with a high-tech armor...
Oh! Mr Stark!
You totally missed it!
The alien said I was most worthy to wield the ten rings!
Hardly sounds like an honor.
Look at Gene...
Yeah, but I'm a person of great moral character!
I know things look bad, son,
but at least we survived.
Did we? Gene has all ten rings.
He won.
What does this mean?
Gene may be the most powerful being in the universe...
It means the entire world is in deep, deep trouble...
♪ Iron Man ♪
♪ He's Iron Man ♪
♪ Iron Man ♪
Subtitles: TITRAFILM