10 Most Brutal Moments In The MCU
9. Iron Man Puts A Hole In A Henchman's Chest - Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 is full of people being blown up and mutilated, and the only reason it gets away with that is because those that do get mutilated get covered up by CGI fire-like effects. Without that CGI, Iron Man 3 would have been an R-rated gore fest.
The most popular action sequence in this threequel is the plane rescue scene where Tony tries to grab a dozen people all free-falling from the sky. The most brutal part of Iron Man 3, on the other hand, comes just before that sequence.
Coldblood, the most valued henchman of the villainous Aldrich Killian, keeps on surviving his injuries throughout the movie as if he is immortal. This makes Stark extremely frustrated with this Extremist. So, when they face off on the plane of the President of the United States, Tony puts a hole through his foe's his chest.
This came out of nowhere. At one moment, the pair are grappling with each other, and the next, Tony laserbeams the guy to a sudden, heartbreaking stop - leaving audiences in united silence when that deafening laser sound appeared.