Rated PG-13
Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, Bobby Cannavale, Michael Pena, Judy Greer
Directed by Peyton Reed
The Story:
Scott Lang (Rudd) is an extraordinary burglar who gets out of prison and needs to go straight so that he can be the hero that his daughter believes him to be. However, going straight is tough when your best friend (Pena) knows people that know things and offers Scott a chance to make a huge score so that he can provide for his daughter. The job is quite simple: rob an old man's safe while he's away from home. What Scott finds inside that safe changes his life, forever!
I don't know what the beef between Edgar Wright and and Marvel Studios was, but I am quite content with the latest installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
It's a heist film... with superheroes!
It's also a film about love and what a father would do for their family...their daughters...
It's good stuff!
Rudd is his usual everyman charmer, and that pays off in the likeability of the character.
Surrounded with Luis and his friends, this is the most fun you've had at a Marvel film since Guardians of the Galaxy.
This time though, all the action takes place right here on Earth.
It was a perfect way to incorporate Hank Pym (Douglas) into the Marvel Universe and truly know that the film universe can, and will, exist on its own merits and upend everything you think you know with new versions of familiar characters, and you won't really mind any of the changes.
Do you miss seeing the winsome Wasp?
Maybe, but the promise of things to come looms large, and it's an exciting future not knowing what is in store for these characters.
Great storyline, and a thrilling, funny final act confrontation.
The biggest fear with this, and all Marvel movies, they're really using up their supervillains quickly!
Hopefully they don't hold the box office results against this film, I'd happily pony up to watch Ant-Man 2!
Final Grade: A
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