That said, there are some great details that really bring this story to life, including Guy Michelmore's score, which appears to reference Ryuichi Sakamoto's iconic and remarkably appropriate music for The Last Emperor, as well as the subtle cultural iconography of Li Mei's destiny. As a result it's unclear how the injury itself figures into Tony's ascendance as Iron Man mind you, the rest of the story more than creates epic-level action to inspire the playboy to look beyond his stacks of cash, but if his heart injury was just an homage to the old-school origin story, it's superfluous and therefore unnecessary in this context. For example, if this tale is to become Tony Stark boilerplate, the character evidently designed the Iron Man armor prior to his heart injury, which makes little difference - except for the fact that the original suit was designed precisely to help his ailing ticker. But being familiar with Iron Man from his comic book legacy, which must understandably be updated for modern audiences, is this film supposed to be a proper origin story? There are a number of inconsistencies - most of which with the decades-old and admittedly-outdated Iron Man lore - that suggest this may only be one interpretation rather than the definitive story of his not-so-humble beginnings. The Invincible Iron Man is by far the best of Marvel's animated efforts yet released, primarily because its themes are more complex and mature than any explored in earlier films: both Stark and his erstwhile companion Li Mei (Gwendoline Yeo) deal with some pretty serious paternal issues, and the cultural backdrop of Chinese mythology provides a dynamic and compelling contrast to Iron Man's to-the-minute technology. Using all of the resources - not to mention cool-looking super-suits - he can get his hands on, Stark must restore his good name, stop the Elementals and hopefully save the earth from the domineering and deadly forces of The Mandarin. As he soon discovers, however, those two forces may be one and the same, because the ruins unleashed four Elementals who will stop at nothing to resurrect their leader, The Mandarin (Fred Tatasciore).
Enlisting the help of his personal secretary Pepper Potts (Elisa Gabrielli), Tony steals into his office at Stark Enterprises, where a hidden room reveals a cache of military armor deigned over the year to combat the elements - much less any opponent. After he escapes and rescues Rhodey, the two return to the states to discover that Stark has been indicted as an arms dealer and is to be prosecuted by the US government. Though seriously injured, he agrees to help the rebels, in turn creating a suit of armor that will both protect his ailing heart and liberate him from their clutches. Unfortunately, his convoy is attacked soon after he arrives, and Stark finds himself in the hands of a group of rebels hell-bent on keeping him from resurrecting the ruins. But when his best friend Rhodey (Rodney Saulsberry) is kidnapped while trying to raise the ruins of an ancient civilization using his technology, Stark flies to China to provide damage control. Marc Worden plays Tony Stark, the billionaire industrialist/playboy who scarcely has time to manage his businesses given all of the female attention he attracts.
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