10 Secret Worst Movie Heroes

1. I Was A Teenage Iron Man!

After his abduction by terrorists possessing his weapons, Stark officially retires from being a merchant of death, but crucially, not from being a massive douchecanoe. Iron Man (2008) and the sequel are really just two character touchstones expanded and enlarged upon: Tony Stark designs bigger and better cool stuff, but wants no one to have the cool stuff except Tony Stark. Iron Man is his toy, no one else€™s. In Iron Man 2 (2010), that includes his own government as well as the terrorists €“ he€™s outed himself as the inventor and pilot of a revolutionary flying weapon, and only he€™s allowed to play with it, hence why he spends most of his time fooling about making much better versions of the bootstrap proto-Iron Man armour that busted him out. This, despite the fact that he€™s a narcissistic little boy with a drinking problem, and everyone knows it. When S.H.I.E.L.D. want to prevent the Abomination from being transferred from military prison to the Avengers project, they send Stark in negotiate with the Army, knowing he€™ll screw it up so spectacularly that Blonsky will never be released to them. The Avengers (2012) shows us a Tony Stark finding himself faced with his own inadequacy: Captain America€™s right, he is nothing without the suit. The other Avengers are heroes by choice or by destiny, whereas Stark is literally just playing at dressing up as a hero. It makes total sense that he€™d overcompensate and attempt to nobly sacrifice himself by way of nuclear wormhole doom: kids are known for grand gestures and a desire to impress. Following directly on from that, Iron Man 3 (2013) is a film about one man coming to terms with the stupidity of being a perpetually arrested adolescent and deciding to try to grow up, and Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) is about the fallout from a perpetually arrested adolescent thinking he€™s all grown-up now, making big decisions without thinking them through and then watching the world deal with the consequences of his thoughtlessness. Given what we know about Stark€™s role in the events of Captain America: Civil War, scheduled for release in 2016, it looks very much as though he€™s overcompensating again: becoming the poster boy for governments wanting superhumans to be both registered and accountable€ a far cry from his childish irreverence in front of the Senate in Iron Man 2. While we love Robert Downey Jnr. as much as the next guy (and the next guy is Mark Ruffalo), Tony Stark? Just no. Got any more examples of cinema heroes who don't cut the mustard? Disagree with our choices? Let us know all about it in the comments!