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There is a body of feature films, mainly live-action, featuring powered exoskeletons.[note 1] Popular Mechanics said the growth of visual effects at the start of the 21st century allowed for such exoskeletons to be featured more prominently in live-action films.[1] LiveScience said in 2013 that it was fairly common to see powered exoskeletons in films and that it helped educate the public about potential real-life use.[2]

List of films

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Film Year Ref.
Aliens 1986 [1]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 [3]
The Ambushers 1967 [4]
Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
The Avengers 2012 [5]
Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 [6]
Avengers: Endgame 2019
Avengers: Infinity War 2018 [7]
Batman & Robin 1997 [8]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 [9]
Basket Case 3: The Progeny 1992 [10]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022 [11]
Captain America: Civil War 2016 [12]
Edge of Tomorrow 2014 [13]
Elysium 2013 [13]
Exo-Man 1977 [14]
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 2009 [15]
The Guyver 1991
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn 2012 [16]
Invasion 2020
Iron Man 2008 [1]
Iron Man 2 2010 [1]
Iron Man 3 2013 [17]
The Master Mystery 1919 [18]
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017 [19]
Star Kid 1998 [20]
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder 2008 [8]
The Tuxedo 2002 [8]
The Wolverine 2013 [21]
The Wrong Trousers 1993 [22]

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sofge, Erik (April 8, 2010). "A History of Iron Men: Science Fiction's 5 Most Iconic Exoskeletons". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Scharr, Jillian (August 9, 2013). "The Real Tech Behind 'Elysium' Exoskeletons". LiveScience. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
  3. ^ Kramer, Miriam (May 1, 2014). "Spidey Science: 4 Bits of Real Science in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'". LiveScience. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  4. ^ Pope, Gregory T. (December 1992). "Power Suits". Discover.
  5. ^ McMillan, Graeme (April 29, 2013). "Exoskeletons, Lasers, and Jet Packs: How to Be a Real-Life Iron Man". Wired. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  6. ^ Keyes, Rob (March 18, 2014). "First Look At Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch & Hulkbuster Designs in 'The Avengers 2′". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2014.
  7. ^ Turner, Karen (April 30, 2018). "Avengers: Infinity War's superheroes, explained by an evolutionary biologist". Vox. Retrieved October 31, 2018. Iron Man's armor acts as an exoskeleton, but it's also a prosthetic. The Arc Reactor powers that exoskeleton and also keeps the shrapnel out of Tony Stark's heart, very literally keeping him alive.
  8. ^ a b c Saathoff, Evan (August 9, 2013). "The Most Awesome Mech Suits in Action/Sci-Fi History". Fandango.com. Fandango. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  9. ^ Cowden, Catarina. "Why Batman Has A Mech Suit In Batman V Superman".
  10. ^ Cole, Tom (August 5, 2011). "Attack of the Killer Bs: Basket Case 3 (1992)". Radio Times. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  11. ^ Davis, Brandon (August 19, 2021). "Dominique Thorne's Riri Williams to Debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Exclusive)". ComicBook.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  12. ^ Marr, Chris (April 26, 2016). "Making sense of Iron Man's science". sciencewa.net.au. ScienceNetwork Western Australia. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  13. ^ a b Liptak, Andrew (December 10, 2017). "18 suits of power armor from science fiction you don't want to meet on the battlefield". The Verge. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  14. ^ Terrace, Larrie (2002). Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001. McFarland. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-0-7864-8445-4.
  15. ^ Hall, Kevin (August 18, 2009). "The 10 most badass sci-fi battlesuits ever". DVICE. Syfy. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  16. ^ "Science Takes One Step Closer To Halo's Spartan Armor". Game Informer. Archived from the original on May 3, 2013. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  17. ^ McDonald, Glenn (May 3, 2013). "Science vs. Fiction: A Real Iron Man Suit?". Discovery News. Discovery Channel. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  18. ^ Dudenhoeffer, Larrie (2017). "An X-Ray into the Ecto-Prosthetic Superbody". Anatomy of the Superhero Film. Springer. p. 234. ISBN 978-3-319-57922-1.
  19. ^ Lussier, Germain (April 24, 2017). "Our Best Look Yet at Iron Man's New Suit From Spider-Man: Homecoming". io9. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  20. ^ Gates, Anita (January 16, 1998). "Film Review; Wimp to Superwimp: It's His Strong Suit". The New York Times.
  21. ^ Harrison, Eddie (July 24, 2013). "The Wolverine". The List. The List. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  22. ^ Roland, Denise (July 8, 2014). "Techno trousers that give wheelchair users chance to walk again". The Telegraph. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
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