An OnDemand viewing on February 22 in Chicago.
Since Avengers: Endgame is coming out, I figured I should watch this picture in case I needed some extra exposition since time travel and the quantum realm were going to play a part in saving the Earth from Thanos. Since I am late getting around on this review, I will let my pals over at CinemaSins cover the problems with the film. They're much wittier than I am. Plus it's a video.
This film takes place just before the events of Endgame. Our protagonist is wrapping up his house arrest after the events of
Captain America: Civil War. Just as the house arrest is set to end, Scott gets kidnapped by Hope and Hank to help free Janet from the quantum realm that she's been trapped in for 30 years. I mean it's only been 30 years and they couldn't wait a few more days? I guess they needed that extra tension.
Anyway, the quest to get Janet back takes some cartoon like twists and turns that eventually lead to a match-up with the Marvel standardly evenly matched villain, Ghost, who's not really evil but needs help with a condition brought on by Pym technology. The main villain is Sonny Burch, a black market tech seller who needs the same technology that Hope and Hank need to get Janet and that Ghost needs for her condition. Eventually, everything works out for the best. Janet is rescued from the quantum realm looking no worse for wear; Janet, Hank and Hope agree to help Ghost and Burch meets justice. All wrapped up nice and neat like an episode of Scooby-Doo.
Peyton Reed returned to direct along with the most of the cast and crew from the first film. Ant-Man represents the light hearted side of the MCU. Lots of laughs. Sometimes the goofiness goes a bit too far but it's hardly worth getting bent out of shape over. This was a fun film to watch. The picture received an 88% Rotten Tomatoes rating which is high in my opinion. It probably plays an integral part in the MCU because of the quantum realm technology needed to change the results of the Thanos finger snap.
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