Director Peyton Reid
Staring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas & Evangeline Lilly
Rated PG
Score 4/6

Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Attracting an audience to a Marvel comic book/super hero movie is almost like shooting fish barrel, or in other words there will always be audience so long as the production companies maintain the quality of these movies, especially in the lead up to Captain America: Civil War.
I am vaguely familiar with Director Peyton Reid’s work considering that he is the director responsible for one of my least favorite movies, his 2006 movie The Break-Up starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. If memory serves The Break-up is one of the few movies that I left half way through. Ant-Man is something of a redemption Reid considering after leaving the cinema for The Break-Up, I was almost certain that I was going to have to wash my eyes and ears out with alcohol (for the record, no I didn’t go through with the idea and wash my ears and eyes out with alcohol).
The filmmakers delivered something that was a little different to most of the other movies that are out there in the Marvel Movie universe, particularly the Thor, Iron Man and Incredible Hulk movies. Which, I suppose they can be considered as Big Loud Action Movies because while Ant-Man came across as more of an action-comedy, also if memory serves those movies have more set action sequences then Ant-Man. Maybe this was because the filmmakers where leaving themselves somewhere to go considering that Rudd has a multi-picture deal with Marvel. Or considering the character’s background as a burglar and Hank Pym’s influence this Ant-Man would have had more of a scalpel approach to things rather than other heroes we know and love in the universe, who might have sledgehammer approach to the way that they conduct themselves.
I really have not watched that many of Paul Rudd’s movies and I really did like the last movie I saw him in This is 40. However, Rudd actually gave a solid performance and I can see myself watching the next two Ant-Man movies and perhaps dipping into the rest of his filmography when I get the chance.

Remember there are TWO post credits scenes this time around, so remember to stay right to the very end, and look out for Stan Lee who makes a cameo appearance in the film as a bartender.