Iron Man is the first film in a planned trilogy... Billionaire playboy and engineering genius Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey Jr.) is the successful CIO of the Stark Industries, a weapon company founded by his father. His second in command, Obadiah, worked with his father, and his loyal and professional secretary is Pepper Potts, who has a crush on Tony. While in Afghanistan to demonstrate the ultimate missile developed by his company, his military convoy is attacked and Tony is seriously wounded on his chest and kidnapped by a group of rebels that want him to assemble a missile for their use. Tony stays with his abductors for three months and develops powerful metallic Iron Man costume armor to escape from the cave. Back at home, Tony stops manufacturing weapons in his company and instead dedicates his time to improving the armor, manufacturing it with gold and titanium and installing a propulsion system to fly. In the meantime,Tony is betrayed by Obadiah, who is using Tony's data to build prototype armor, transforming it in the ultimate weapon.