There is a lot to love about Ant-Man and the Wasp, and, for the most part, it is the comedy that works like gangbusters. My harshest criticism of Ant-Man and the Wasp is that it is slightly inconsequential, likely somewhat forgettable, and, most damning of all, the blandest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Thor: The Dark World. Unlike Thor: The Dark World, though, I actually do think Ant-Man and the Wasp works as an entertaining superhero movie. Such technology is very valuable, and therefore the major conflict in the film comes from having to protect it from a villain with ghost-like abilities, whose skill set is a challenge for both Hope - the Wasp - and Scott - Ant-Man - even when they team up. When he ‘wakes up,’ he gives Hank Pym (played by Michael Douglas) and Hope van Dyne (played by Evangeline Lily), with whom he no longer interacts due to the events of Civil War, a call to tell them about the dream.Įventually, they tranquilize him and take him with them to their transportable office building, in which Pym and van Dyne are hard at work trying to create a tunnel to the Quantum Realm.
During the waking dream, he looks in the mirror and sees that he is in the body of Janet van Dyne (played by Michelle Pfeiffer) - Hank Pym’s wife who was lost ages ago in the Quantum Realm, from which Scott Lang successfully returned in the original Ant-Man film. Lang sees himself playing hide and seek with a young girl, but he isn’t himself. If you don’t know what happened in Civil War, you will likely be lost here.ĭuring his house arrest, Lang has what appears to be a waking dream. As such, this is by no means a standalone film. It is everything you expect it to be, and yet it doesn’t answer all of your questions.Īnt-Man and the Wasp takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War, and, therefore, this film opens with Scott Lang (played by Paul Rudd) in house arrest as a result of his actions in Civil War.
Now, after Avengers: Infinity War’s ending blindsided audiences around the world, Ant-Man and the Wasp is here to act as the much needed lighthearted palate cleanser, and, just like with the first Ant-Man film, it is another good and fun Marvel movie. Ant-Man was thus a refreshing solo film that acted as a palate cleanser of sorts. When the first Ant-Man came out, it functioned as the epilogue to Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which, at that time, had just given us the jam-packed team-up film Avengers: Age of Ultron. The following is a review of Ant-Man and the Wasp - Directed by Peyton Reed. Theatrical Release Poster – Walt Disney Studios
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