Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Movie Review
In the world of superhero movies, size
matters. Unless you’re Ant-Man! Breaking the myth that you need a cool spacesuit or a giant hammer to find a place in the superhero galaxy, Ant-Man is perhaps the MCU’s more fun, personality-driven character. Working on the “third time’s a charm” mantra, director Peyton Reed, also the man behind the first two Ant-Man movies, is doing everything he can to ensure the box office success of the first two films. Does he succeed? Let’s find out.
Scott Lang aka Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) is now a happy man enjoying his family life and the unprecedented spotlight of Endgame. His daughter Cassie (Kathyrn Newton) is toying with the idea of exploring the possibilities of connecting with the parallel realm of the quantum world. Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) gives the film her romantic comedy with her scenes with Scott. Her parents, Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Hank (Michael Douglas), get to see a lot in the movie thanks to Cassie’s stunts and join the quantum world. When Scott and the rest of the gang are shrunk and sent to the realm, they face their greatest rival in the next big villain Marvel plans to introduce – Kang (Johnathan Majors).
Ant-Man worked in previous movies because it was fun. The movement was graceful. Rudd and Lilly had this cute romance. The concept of an ant-sized superhero worked not only with children, but also with adults. Unfortunately, the fun factor in Quantum Realm is moderated by an overload of long, tedious action scenes, too much talking, and a monotonous plot that goes nowhere. Quantumania’s biggest fault is that it tries too hard to live up to the expectations of the first two films.
It is Kang who works in the film. Here’s a bad guy you want to invest in, and Marvel has an upcoming movie dedicated to him. His introduction in Quantumania lays the seeds for the future development of his character. Full marks to Majors for making Kang so scary. The other character having the most fun here is Michelle Pfeiffer’s Janet. He kicks a lot of ass and seems to have more color in his character than before. Paul Rudd is likable as always, but we wish the writers would have given him better monologues and more poignant moments in the film.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the weakest Marvel movie in recent memory.