Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Peyton Reed (The Break-Up, Ant-Man)
	Actors: Paul Rudd (Knocked Up, The is the End), Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit 2-3), Michael Peña (Extinction), Michael Douglas (The Game)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 28.10.2018, VOD, 42" TV screen.
Synopsis: Scott Lang (Rudd) enjoys spending time with his daughter while on house arrest. When his former associates, who gave him the Ant-Man suit, contact him, he must provide help.
Review: Sequel to the 2015 Ant-Man, this one goes one notch higher with the fan-service and the use of elements only hinted in the first movie: Hope van Dyne (Lilly) joins in the action as the Wasp, Hank Pym's wife is there too, much much more shrinking tech, more streets of San Francisco, and more of what worked in the first (Luis etc...). Note that in the context of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it may help to have seen Captain America: Civil War before. And however separated the events may seem, Ant-Man will play a big role in the sequel to Avengers: Infinity War called Avengers: Endgame (see the trailer). But what about the movie itself? Paul Rudd still plays goofily the thief that wants to be close to his daughter, and starts in a somewhat tense relationship with the Pym family after the events of the latest Captain America. Then comes a threat, good-looking but lacking ambition I found. It is also obvious by the fact that there are a few more enemies throughout the movie (thugs, in the police...) as if the main one was too weak. And the story stays very close to this threat and the Pym family (Hank's wife), never really reaching out. There is not much else to say about this movie. Apart from the possible implications in the future of the MCU, it is quite forgettable.
Rating: 4 /10