After a disappointing outing with Avengers 2, somehow I am still looking forward for Antman. Probably I am always rooting for those rather unknown super heroes. Although I did not have much exposure to Antman before this, at least I knew that the small shrinking super hero has much too do with Marvel universe, including the actual one who create Ultron (not Tony Stark).The story is back to basic super hero formula. Reluctant super hero. Threat large enough to affect whole world (probably not so big here). Super hero learn to control super power, probably have some hiccup round the way. Super hero score the girl. The end. If the formula is not broken, why fix it? The story is simple enough with Scott Lang, a burglar with a ethical heart for his daughter wanted to turn straight after release from prison. However, the original Antman, Hank Pym handpicked him to succeed him in being the Antman. As the name suggest, his power include shrinking into ant size, thus harboring enormous strength, and also the control of ants. Yup, ants, via some brain wave gadget. Nothing much was explained further on the powers, we are to accept it as it is, as other super heroes movies. His task is to steal the similar powered suit called Yellow Jacket, created by a greedy nemesis. Antman vs Yellowjacket in the climatic fight, and no prize guessing who won.
Though the formula is recycled so many times, it still work here, with a light tone to the overall movie. Enough action to keep me awake, enough humour and one liners to tickle me now and then. The action sequence involving Antman shrinking in size and returning to human height is nice to watch, similar to watching Night Crawler fight in X-Men. Paul Rudd embrace his character well, and he is so likable in all his scene. The rest of the cast fit well enough in their role, even Michael Douglas as Pym. In the end, the whole movie felt like super hero movie + Mission Impossible + Honey I shrunk the Kid
comments: as usual, watch out for Stan Lee cameo, and of course the closing credit as it introduce us to Wasp.
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