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| Welcome to the Superhero club Ant-Man! |
Ant-Man Review – Marvel releases their latest smallest hero
from bandwagon of Superheroes.
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| Table talk minus the karipap and kopi O |
Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is a brilliant IT engineer stuck with
bad luck which lands him in jail. Upon his release, Scott vow never to go back
into prison and tries to be a better father to his daughter. Unfortunately his
criminal record makes it difficult for him to get a ‘legal’ job. Left with no
option, he decides to join force with his former cellmate, Luis (Michael Pena)
to rob a rich man’s mansion. Hoping to find quick fortune, Scott is
disappointed when he only finds a weird looking suit. He takes it back and
tries it on then whoosh…he becomes as small as an…ant lar (duh!) Scott later
discovers that he was picked by Dr Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to execute an
important mission. Pym together with his daughter, Hope (Evangeline Lilly)
starts to train ‘Ant-Man’ with real ants to stop Pym’s former protégé Darren
Cross (Cory Stoll) from selling his own suit called Yellowjacket to an organization
called Hydra (sounds familiar?). The team comes up with a plan to infiltrate
Pym Technologies to retrieve the jacket. Will they be able to stop Darren in
time? Can Scott redeem himself and be the hero his daughter thinks he is? Big
task for a small guy ey?
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| New baddie before Yellowjacket |
I’ve always liked Paul with his slap stick jokes and it was
good to see him graduating from supporting role into a Superhero. I can’t think
of a better choice and he surely didn’t let down the audience by delivering one
of his best performance. Another worthy mention is Evangeline also changing
role from playing an elf to possibly becoming Ant-Man’s side kick. What made it
better was the chemistry between Rudd and Lilly was convincing enough to root
for them. Michael Douglas meanwhile was a sight for sore eyes supplying both
serious and funny parts to the movie. As this is a Marvel’s production I don’t
have to mention about the marvellous-pun intended special effects. Ant-Man
could give Captain America or perhaps The Avengers a run for their money! One
grouch I have is that the villain, Darren is not as intimidating as other Marvel
baddies (think Loki, Ultron, and Thanos). Maybe because the fight scene between
Ant-Man and ‘Yellowjacket’ looks like a fight between well…an ant and wasp. So
small like that.
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| Baddie with his Yellowjacket...hmmkay... |
Nevertheless, Ant-Man is entertaining in its own way. Just
that I will never look at an ant the same way ever again after this movie.
P/s – Stay tuned to for after credit special!
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