Peyton Reed‘s first Ant-Man.
That’s a bit of tongue-in-cheek to get us started.
After the very public fallout between Marvel Studios and Director Edgar Wright, Reed successfully brought Ant-Man to life. With its success, Reed is given the key to the tiny hero. Finally suiting up Evangeline Lilly‘s Hope Van Dyne, he leaves Paul Rudd to ‘Paul Rudd’ this new family, chase adventure!
BIG FAMILY FUN. Man, that’s what this film is.
Comparing the film to its predecessor, you can see how much darker it was. That’s because Ant-Man explodes into daytime hijinks. Or is it the Wasp? Rudd receives another great outing as Scott Lang (with classic shirtless scene in tow). But it’s Evangeline Lilly who really gets to fly this time as the Wasp.
It presents frenetic action sequences which contrast the skill level between Scott and Hope. Seeing her brutally glide through bad guys with ease while shrinking and expanding the heck out of everything sees why she thought it was “about damn time”.
The comedic crew Michael Pena, Clifford Harris and David Dastmalchian return, they buffer the movie with their witty rhetoric. And Michael Douglas shifts Hank Pym’s grumpiness to something far more hilarious than the first. Joining them are newcomers Walton Goggins and Hannah John-Kamen as the evil-doers. Laurence Fishburne cameos as a foil to Douglas’s Pym, and Michelle Pfeiffer joins as Janet Van Dyne, Hope’s mother.
Ant-Man & The Wasp provides an entertaining chase film, with villains that give the heroes something to do. It sits in a nice little hub of being good, family fun parallel to the dread of some of its MCU compatriots.
And that might just mean this little film may grow to stand out the most.
ANT-MAN & THE WASP is more Wasp, and rightfully so, as she takes us on a family-fuelled chase film through everything QUANTUM! Frantic fun that makes you smile and oh boy, those end credit scenes.
