9. Killian's Fire Breath
Aldrich Killian is a worthy Iron Man villain. Sure, he isn't on the same level as Ben Kingsley's Mandarin, but he's fun, he's menacing, and he's a welcome change of pace from the standard, builds-his-own-suit villain from the first two films. Instead of a mechanical threat, Killian has grab bag of abilities including super strength, regeneration, and (sigh) fire breath. Extremely unnecessary fire breath. The fire breath could have been awesome if it was used properly, but it wasn't. It should have been introduced early on in the film and then brought back again during the climax where Tony would have been forced to jump from suit to suit while fighting Killian and dodging his fire breath. This is surely what fans expected after seeing it used to intimidate Rhodey, but nothing came of it. Seriously, Killian uses it once and then never again. This was an all or nothing situation. Either give Killian fire breath and have him use it, or don't give it to him at all.
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