Ant-Man and the Wasp - Film Review
Plot
In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a superhero and a father. As he struggles to re-balance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he's confronted by Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside The Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from their past.
Review
This movie is probably the most fun MCU movie of 2018, but it's probably my least favorite MCU movie of 2018. It's still really fun though. I think it was probably a good idea to release it at this time, like they were trying to cheer us up after Avengers: Infinity War. I think that both this and Deadpool 2 did a good job at that.
I'm doing another Spoiler Talk for this movie so I'm not going into too much detail in this one.
In the movie, Scott is under house arrest for Civil War, but Hope finds a way around that: When Scott is out of the house, they have a giant ant that's programmed to do everything that Scott does.
This is the third time people have clapped in my theater when the movie ended, first was Star Wars: The Last Jedi back in 2017, then Best F(r)iends back in March, now Ant-Man and the Wasp. I actually got people clapping at the end of Best F(r)iends.
I do think the movie is good, but not as good as the first Ant-Man back in 2015. It does start off good but I do think it starts to pick up in the second half.
It does have some pretty entertaining action scenes and I really liked seeing them changing size in these scenes.
Let's talk about the characters. All the main characters from the first film (except Yellowjacket) is back and they're all as great as they were in the first Ant-Man.
Paul Rudd is once again great and funny as Scott Lang, he's trying to balance his house arrest, being Ant-Man, and being a good father to his daughter. It's just great seeing him back as this character.
Evangeline Lilly is back as Hope van Dyne and she's also great as The Wasp, a new hero. It's really fun seeing her with Scott in almost every scene they're in together, and she's a bit upset for what he did in Captain America: Civil War.
Michael Douglas is back as Hank Pym and he's great. He actually wants to go to the Quantum Realm for his wife.
Michael Peña is back as Luis and he's still as funny as he was in the first one. He is now the boss of an ex-convict security group.
Lawrence Fishburne is pretty good as Bill, and old partner turned somewhat-enemy of Hank. It's kinda funny how Lawrence is both the DC Extended Universe and the Marvel Cinematic Universe now. Although one of those cinematic universes is definitely better than the other.
Hannah John-Kamen plays Ghost, the movie's villain who can pass though solid matter and she can kinda "flicker" in and out. Her story in the past wasn't bad, but modern Ghost is ok.
Walton Goggins plays a bad guy who's evil and name I can't remember. If he was written out, not much would be different. It looks like we're going back to generic Marvel villains, although Ghost is pretty much the main villain here, We were doing so good with Killmonger in Black Panther and Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War.
Michelle Pfeiffer is in here as Janet van Dyne. More on that in the spoiler talk. Just like Lawrence Fishburne, she also went from DC to Marvel.
Overall, Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fun time but definitely not better than the first movie. It's got some villain problems and it's not as epic as the first one.
Ant-Man and the Wasp gets an 8/10.
Come back tomorrow for the Spoiler Talk.
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