Tripwire Reviews Ant-Man And The Wasp

Winging It?

♦ Tripwire’s editor-in-chief JOEL MEADOWS just went to see Marvel’s Ant-Man And The Wasp, out now in UK cinemas. Warning: A few spoilers ahead…

Ant-Man And The Wasp
Director: Peyton Reed
Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Hannah John-Kamen, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Pfeiffer

When Ant-Man came out at the cinema back in 2015, it was a refreshing breath of miniature-sized fresh air. Rudd was genuinely funny and heartwarming as Scott Lang while the supporting cast including Michael Douglas and Michael Pena added something extra to the mix. Fast-forward three years and we have the sequel that they primed us for: Ant-Man And The Wasp.

Lang is under house arrest with only a few days left but his life is cast into disarray once again when he is grabbed by Hope Van Dyne (Lilly) who believes that her mother Janet Van Dyne (the original Wasp) may still be alive and trapped in the quantum realm. So with the assistance of her father Hank Pym (Douglas), they set about trying to find and rescue her.

For the second film, we have new villain Sonny Burch (Walton Goggins) and The Ghost/ Ava (Hannah John-Kamen), who could be evil or perhaps she’s just desperate. Laurence Fishburne is another new addition here as Dr. Bill Foster.

Ant-Man And The Wasp isn’t quite as enjoyable as its progenitor as there is less interplay between Lang and Luis (Pena) and we could have done with a little more time in the quantum realm. However, Rudd is very good again as Lang and Douglas’ character is fleshed out a little more here. Predictably, the antipathy (pardon the pun) that Hope Van Dyne feels towards the central character doesn’t last. Lilly is decent as The Wasp but she can be a little cold at times as a character. There are a few nice set pieces including the scene where Lang grows huge, a scene which is shown in the trailer.

We also get a post-credits sequence that ties in with Infinity War unsurprisingly, making certain that Lang will be appearing in Avengers 4 next spring.

It is still an enjoyable summer film but a more flawed one than its progenitor. I’m not sure if we shall see a third Ant-Man film but Ant-Man and The Wasp is a pleasant follow-up, nothing more.

Ant-Man And The Wasp is out now in UK cinemas

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