Ant-Man…
In the spirit of Ant Man I will keep this review as small as possible :-)
What on odd choice for a big screen adaptation, why choose ants when you can have the X-Men or Fantastic 4… oh right….
But honestly this is a fun movie, and very refreshing.
The choice was originally a coin toss between mission impossible and this and I am glad it won the toss.
Paul Rudd is loveable as the protagonist, as his charm shines through a pretty standard script. Don’t get me wrong the premise is original, a heist superhero movie (Guardians of the Galaxy doesn’t count as it set in outer space <thinly veiled sarcasm>).
The movie moves at a healthy pace with decent character development, and laced with plenty of humour similar to GOTG and just like the space adventure has that unique obscurity that helps it feel different from previous Marvel films.
There is the long haul to the end of the film to see any real action but the journey there is filled with some interesting shots of the microverse.
Rudd’s charm is perfectly suited for this picture and Eff (from the Strain) shows us his other half as the bad guy.
In short this is a good but not great film, nothing really light you on fire and the Avengers tie in feels a bit forced. I doubt this will light the box office on fire but its Marvel so…
3.5/5
