Two years after Scott Lang was placed on house arrest because of his role in skirmishes between the Avengers in violation of the Sokovia Accords, Hank Pym and his daughter Hope van Dyne briefly manage to open a tunnel to the quantum realm, where they believe Pym's wife Janet van Dyne might be trapped after shrinking to sub-atomic levels in 1987. Because he also visited the quantum realm, Lang is now quantumly entangled with Janet and receives an apparent message from her.
A sequel to the 2015 Marvel movie, Ant man, the second instalment started off with the after effects of Scott's participation in the events of Germany and the apparent breach of the Sokovia Accords, after which he was put under a 2 year house arrest. The concept was to present a hero under house arrest and trying to run a company as well as get by with everyday duties as a father, and the opening scenes were brilliantly brought to life.
The plot was good, not something excellent, but just good enough to thrill fans and viewers alike. Not a lot was put into telling the story or developing the concept, as the production team didn't really want to thinker a lot with the general concept, but rather chose to go little on creativity and hit more on Originality of concept.
Plus mention must be had of the fact that the character of Ghost was pushed out too quickly, came off as emotionally unstable and she was a villain we knew was totally half and half, not someone who could go the distance. We did however love her combat scenes, her moves were natural and seemed to have really worked with a combat instructor. Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne on the other hand were totally in sync. Though it's to be expected, having done it once before, but their screen performances were brilliant. Hank Pym once again delivered some brilliant tech. Even though we felt that some of the tech on display were rushed to the screens, regardless of the fact that there has been a 3 year break, it still felt rushed. Janet Van Dyne finally got screen time. Her introduction towards the concluding scenes was refreshing and brilliantly timed. We did however feel that her final contributions to the movie was a hack. We didn't like it and it's overall effect on the movie.
Perhaps now that we have gotten this arc out of the way, the Ant man can finally become a real super hero rather than a small time Robin Hood. The two instalments of the Ant man franchise has had him fighting on the lower scales of the Hero verse. It's time to write Ant man a story truly befitting of a Marvel great.
All In all, a good movie with a somewhat slow start, but a strong finish. Not rich with relatable characters, but the characters we have were colourful, they were enigmatic and they were brilliant at what they did. Ghost for one did deliver some really good piece of combat scenes. It's a great movie for both the young audience and the old folks, perhaps the quantum realm aspects may not be too relatable, but the battle on Earth was spectacular.
Starring Paul Rudd, Michael Pena, Evangeline Lilly, Walton Goggins, Judy Greer, Tip Harris.
Directed by Peyton Reed.
Produced by Kevin Feige.
Written by Chris Mckenna
FCA'S AppR 7.8/10
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