I’ll admit I was on the fence with Iron Man 3. The trailers looked cool, yeah, but there wasn’t anything that really grabbed my attention. Until now. After looking at the three character posters we have for you here featuring Don Cheadle (James Rhodes/War Machine), Guy Pearce (Aldrich Killian) and Ben Kingsley (The Mandarin), I am no longer wavering.

I cannot look away from Kingsley’s poster. It is just so awesome. He brings his best to every performance he gives and I know this will be no exception.

I mean, that is not a dude you mess with.

Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Iron Man 3 starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, James Badge Dale, Ashley Hamilton and Jon Favreau is slated to hit theaters on May 3rd, 2013.