Movie Review - Ant-Man

So the end of Phase 2 of the MCU has come and it ends with us film buffs being introduced to Ant-Man, a hero who was an original Avenger in the comics and was also the original creator of Ultron in those comics. Like with some other heroes out there, Ant-Man is a hero who has different secret identities depending on who is in the suit at the time, but as this is the MCU, the whole secret identity thing doesn't fall in. In Phase 2 we saw Iron Man in a vulnerable state (again), Thor travelling on the London Underground (which I will say right now, it doesn't take 3 stops to get to wherever it is that he was going to), Cap getting with the times, Hydra bought back and in full force, a new inter galactic group being formed with some catchy 80s music and the Avengers taking on Ultron. And in this final film in this phase, Ant-Man is introduced. So big things can come in small packages. Anyway, let's get into it:

Our film begins in 1989 where scientist Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man, played by Michael Douglas) chooses to resign from S.H.I.E.L.D. after learning that his Ant-Man shrinking technology was being replicated by them. In the present day, his own daughter Hope van Dyne (played by that elf that one of the company of dwarfs fancied, Evangeline Lilly) and his protege Darren Cross (played by Corey Stoll) force him out of his own company (and if you know you're heroes well, it won't be that surprising on what the name of his company is), but he is aware of Cross's plan to do the thing that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to do all those years ago. We then meet Scott Lang (played by Paul Rudd) who has been released from prison and moves into the apartment of his friend Luis (played by that guy who I swear looks like AngryJoe, Michael Pena). Because of child support, Scott has to pay for it in order to see his daughter which he is unable to do. So he, Luis and their team of GTA like robbers, go to rob Pym's house for cash, but what Scott finds is a costume which he thinks is a motorbike suit and takes it. From that point on, Scott learns a thing or two and works with Pym to acquire the technology that Cross is working on before it goes global, with the help of a few friends big and small.

So as you may have guessed at the beginning of this review, I know a thing or two about Ant-Man well before seeing this film. Haven't read any of the comics, but I did my research and honestly, in my eyes, he is Avengers material and I'm glad Marvel decided to finally bring him into the MCU. Even though this is a great film and better being seen in 3D, I feel that if Edgar Wright was involved a lot more like planned, this could've very well been in league with the 3 flavour Cornetto trilogy with the fast paced action and shots of typically boring stuff, made into something more interesting. But I digress. I liked how the film showed us things from the point of view of an ant which has been done before, but never was quite well made than this. And just like the other MCU films, Stan Lee is in the film as a cameo which you see towards the end, but its literally a few seconds so if you blink, you miss him. Also Hayley Atwell and John Slattery return as Peggy Carter and Howard Stark respectively and are again, cameos. And you may even get to see another Avenger or two and possibly their base in this film as well. And when the film ends, stay on your seat for two scenes which both set up future events in the MCU. 9/10