I am – Hercules!!

1) If you liked the original “RoboCop,” you’ll like “Iron Man.” Tony Stark, transformed into cyborg, makes lots of cool noise with every footfall, and dispatches his enemies with the kind of ruthless pragmatism I gleefully associate with steely law enforcement official Alex Murphy.

2) If you liked “Rocketeer,” you’ll probably love “Iron Man.” The new movie gets everything right the 1991 Disney actioner got wrong, with a more complex protagonist, a more grown-up grade of comedy and a greater emphasis on the messy, misfiring process of invention.

3) If you liked that scene with Bruce Wayne frolicking in the fountain in “Batman Begins,” you’re certain to love “Iron Man.” Tony Stark’s bad-boy behavior, bred from a lifetime of swimming in limitless cash, is hilarious. Adding to the fun is the fact that Stark’s outrageousness, unlike Wayne’s, is no act.

4) If you liked “Swingers,” you’ll like “Iron Man.” At junctures Stark puts one in the mind of an overfunded Vince Vaughn (who I think would also be great as Stark – if perhaps not as great as Robert Downey Jr.). “Iron Man” has the snappiest dialogue one could hope for in a superhero movie and represents for my money director Jon Favreau’s best work to date.

5) If you liked Peter Venkman in “Ghostbusters,” you’ll like “Iron Man.” There’s a load of channeled Bill Murray in the zillionaire genius’ wary and fluid outside-the-box wit.

6) If you liked “Less Than Zero,” you’ll like “Iron Man.” Downey continues to demonstrate his faculty for finding funny in conspicuous consumption, and “Iron Man” is my favorite movie on Downey’s four-decade resume, bar none.

7) Lanky Gwyneth Paltrow, who totters around on very tall shoes as Stark’s favorite employee, is one sexy wench. Leslie Bibb, as a fabulous and fabulously pissy news-hen, is nothing to sneeze at either.

8) Jeff Bridges, typically charismatic and likeable, turns out to be a superb choice as Stark’s bald, bearded partner Obadiah. Terrence Howard (the fellow whose woman was molested in “Crash”) is off-the-charts great as Stark’s best pal.

9) I harbor special love for the take-charge SHIELD agent played by Clark Gregg (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”), whose government experience extends to the recurring FBI-agent role he assayed during “The West Wing’s” Sorkin years. I’m hopeful we’ll see a lot more of him in what I’m sure will be a very long line of sequels and spin-offs.

10) If you liked “Spider-Man 2” and “X-Men,” I have every confidence you'll like “Iron Man.” There’s a reason so many are so keen to weigh in on the project via AICN; this is probably one of the three best superhero movies ever.