TheLittleSongbird Even when taking into account that it's low budget and that it's not to be taken seriously, Iron Hero is inexcusably bad and with no entertainment value.It looks bad for starters, the photography is washed out and enough to make one dizzy, the sets are incredibly simplistic in how they look and limited in number(they all don't look anything like what they're meant to be), the costumes are of second hand fancy dress-quality and the special effects while wisely not excessively used are artificially cartoonish. The music is sluggish, generic stuff that's only there for the sake of it without adding to anything that's happening. The muddied sound quality doesn't help.The movie is dreadfully written too, with a script with a lot of talk that a lot of the time goes nowhere, being only there to pad out the running time, and peppered with ham-fisted and awkwardly paced dialogue. The story is incredibly tedious and is barely existent, with nothing thrilling, fun or suspenseful in sight and with clichés that would fill a whole novel. Don't expect good action sequences, the action here is very lazily choreographed that makes the worst SyFy/Asylum action sequences seem professional in comparison and so choppily edited that it is not always easy to discern who's who. The (very) stereotypical characters range between annoying and bland, and less said about the acting the better, with a lead hero that is boorishly uncharismatic and as stiff as a board and a lead villain that takes camp to uncomfortable extremes.All in all, very bad and inexcusably. 1/10, and that is solely for the cool DVD cover. Bethany Cox

Starslug Metal Man/Iron Hero is a masterpiece of a film. First of all, the whole thing appears to have been shot on the cheapest camera possible, using the most static, repetitive camera angles imaginable. The actors are awkward and stilted, the settings are primarily composed of peoples living rooms and back gardens, and the special effects are photo-shop standard. The pacing varies between tedious exposition scenes, and the slowest, most awkward fights possible. And despite being a fairly blatant attempt to rip off Iron Man, the titular Iron Hero more resembles a rejected Power-Ranger villain, his supposedly bullet-proof armour slowly disintegrating throughout the movie.But these general complaints fail to scratch the surface of what makes this such an awesomely bad movie. Highlights include: 1) Dr Blake's lab quite clearly being someone's garage, inexplicably filled with fire extinguishers.2) The villain looking awkward in a suit a few sizes too large for him, apparently aware that his evil lair is just someone's tackily furnished living room.3) Iron Hero jabbing nutrient fluid into a hole in his neck, whilst unnecessarily epic music blares.4) Dr Blake dying from being lightly pushed over.5) The sheer amount of times Iron Hero crushes someones fist.6) Watching the poor guy inside the Iron Hero costume try to move, run, and even drive a car, despite the fact that the wrists of the suit pretty much trap his hands.7) The villain dying by having all his bones inexplicably dissolved.8) Iron Hero obviously wearing trainers with his impenetrable robot suit.9) The mechanical voice for Iron Hero making almost all his lines incomprehensible gibberish.10) A romantic embrace, during which both characters are wearing identical, scowling robot helmets.

Neil Welch The pound shop beckoned and I answered. A film which appeared to be in the Iron Man mould, only a quid, and me a generous minded soul who has always been easy to please, film-wise - you can't go wrong, can you? Turns out you can.I no longer have the patience I once had to wait for things to get better. By the time 15 minutes or so had gone by I had discovered that this movie featured: a) a bad script, b) truly appalling acting from a cast destined to remain complete unknowns (apart from Reggie Bannister - hardly A list but at least I've heard of him. Unfortunately, he's as rubbish as everyone else); c) production values which forgot to stop when they reached rock bottom (the washed-out video look may be OK as an aesthetic choice but loses something when it's because it is washed out video); d) oh, and it's tedious and incredibly slow moving.I picture searched through to the end and discovered the following: a) the exotic locations include someone's bedroom, someone's basement, someone's lounge, a street, and a field; b) the expensive props include a kind of box-y thing with some lights on it; c) there are two costumes which look a bit Iron Man-ish. They look a bit more expensive than costumes from a party shop. But not much.d) there are a couple of minor special effects which give this a not-very-deserved star above the minimum.Absolutely awful. I wuz robbed.

dahauk-1 wow. like somebody had a halloween costume that kinda resembled Ironman and someone else had a camera and everyone decides " Hey gang, let's make a movie..we've got a costume and a camera!" Acting is high school play quality. The rare 'special fx' are perhaps the only good thing in this, one hesitates to call it, film, tho limited to force shields and morphing. Reggie 'Phantasm' Bannister stands around wearing a lab coat and almost no hair now except that famous pony-tail and reads cue-cards in a semi-Conscious state--not unlike the state this movie produces in it's watchers. surely you've got something better to do with your time. even syfy channel wouldn't show this. Useful only as a sleep-aid. Do not operate heavy machinery after watching this movie. Side effects may include drowsiness, lack of focus, drooling, loss of faith in humanity, and rectal leakage.