Suffice to say, though, it manages a great character arc for Tony Stark and his relationships, plus spectacular special effects and action sequences that never detract from the examination of how the armor is poisoning Tony literally while his self-destructive behavior is poisoning his life figuratively.

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Sheen has a long history as a problem child and I am not defending either his self-destructive or violent behavior.

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Hodge plays a self-destructive lawyer, while Gillan will play his secretary.

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His skill at word-play, coupled with a self-destructive and fatalistic attitude to life (in a Russian intellectual, no less) lands him a job first as a copywriter, and then as something more sinister.

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He exhibited "self-destructive, aggressive and violent behavior" and suffered extreme depression, withdrawing from his family and children, court documents said.

CNN: January 23, 2013 -- Updated 2220 GMT (0620 HKT)