7 Awesome Movie Heroes Who Totally Belong In Jail
5. Tony Stark - The Iron Man Trilogy
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The Hero: Self-described "genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" Tony Stark, whose superhero alter-ego requires him to don an iron suit and fly about in the sky shooting lasers out of his wrists, has saved the world on at least four occassions. Using his unrivalled intellectual capacities and a seemingly infinite supply of technology equipment, Tony Stark is the 21st century's greatest assest - a non-stop quipping machine with the military hardware (and charisma) to back it up. And he's totally not adverse to sacrificing his own life for the good of mankind either. Jail? You Can't Be Serious? Unlike a lot of superheroes, everybody knows that Tony Stark is Iron Man, because he outright admitted it on national television. That makes perfect sense given that his ego is about the size of a small country, but from an authoritative point of view, he might as well have booked a year-long stay in Guantanamo Bay. Remember what happened when Batman revealed his true identity in The Dark Knight? Granted, it was Harvey Dent who pretended to be the caped crusader, but the point is... he got arrested. Somehow Tony has bypassed every law in the book, despite being in possession of a multitude of extremely dangerous suits (42, if you're counting), all of which are imbued with the ability to blow things up and (potentially) destroy entire cities. This wouldn't be such a problem if Tony hadn't revealed his identity to the public, because he could have been doing all this heroic stuff under his Iron Man alias. And yet everybody in the world knows who this guy is and what kind of hardware he has at home, and the government are letting him go free? I'm all for superheros saving the world (who else is going to do it?), but this guy spends most of his time constantly defying the government - it's almost as if, some reason, he has been granted complete immunity. It's time for a spell in the slammer, guy. Recommended Sentence: 5 years (no parole)