Film: Ant-Man and the Wasp

GENRE: Action

RATING: PG13 for sci-fi violence
RUNTIME: 1 hour and 58 minutes

STARRING: Paul Rudd (I Love You Man, Anchorman, Our Idiot Brother)

Evangeline Lilly (Lost, Hobbit), Michael Pena (Crash, End of Watch)

DIRECTOR: Peyton Reed (Ant-Man, Yes Man, The Break Up)

WRITERS: Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers (Spiderman: Homecoming)

Paul Rudd (Role Models), Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (newcomers)

PLOT: Scott tries to help Hope and Hank rescue Janet from the Quantum Realm while still being under house arrest from Civil War.

FULL DISCLOSURE: Not a fan of Lilly. Liked the first Ant-Man.

STORY STUFF: The story is not too bad but I can’t believe it took five people to write it. The push of the story works with the attempts to rescue Hank’s wife. The villain is refreshingly not trying to rule the world. However, the Walton Goggins (Justified) role seems tacked on, it doesn’t seem like there is much to do for Pena and his boys (but I like their company name), and the ex-wife and her husband are nothing like their original roles – a little too supportive for my taste.

ACTING STUFF: While everyone performs relatively well, I really enjoyed Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat) as Det. Woo trying to catch the elusive Scott Lang violating his house arrest. Of course, Rudd is at his charming best. Pena gets to have some fun as well. Still not a fan of Lilly but at least her hair looked better this time around.

ARTISTIC STUFF: Good use of CG and playing with size. Also nice to see more of San Francisco in this one.

VERDICT: Three stars out of five

SEE IT IF: You liked Ant-Man or feel the need to watch all Marvel films

UPCOMING REVIEWS: Skyscraper, Mission: Impossible – Fallout