Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Directed by Peyton Reed
Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.
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What critics compared Ant-Man and the Wasp to
When it comes to Marvel movies that aim for family audiences and contain a female superhero in the title, I vastly prefer the nimble, playful Ant-Man and The Wasp to the confusing, labored Captain Marvel.
In pure MCU terms, this is a step down from the demented toonscapes of Guardians of the Galaxy or Thor: Ragnarok , but a step up from the tech-corridor blandeur of something like Ant-Man and the Wasp or any movie where various Avengers hang out in offices.
She's just kind of awkward, her lack of charisma and screen presence only made more obvious when compared to the wattage thrown off by Jude Law (who plays her Kree handler, Yon-Rogg), Samuel L. Jackson (who shines through the de-aging wizardry previously used in Captain America: Civil War and Ant-Man and the Wasp ), and Mendelsohn (who manages a more emotionally authentic performance despite being buried under layers of makeup and prosthetics).
That question was partially answered in 2018 when Disney and Marvel released Ant-Man and the Wasp , but it truly comes to fruition this week with the arrival of Captain Marvel (that’s Mar-Vell, by the way).
Even Ant-Man and the Wasp , the first Marvel film with a female character in its title, felt like it was queuing up expectations for Captain Marvel, and for the fast-approaching Infinity War sequel Avengers: Endgame .
Captain Marvel is a middle-of-the-road movie, lacking the personality, thrills, and charm of last years trio of Black Panther , Avengers: Infinity War , and even Ant-Man and the Wasp .
After the (literal) world-shattering events of this year’s MCU magnum opus Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp graciously ushers in a welcome breath of fresh air.
The first “Ant-Man” (2015) was a lackluster affair that felt pulled in several directions at once, which it was: Original writer-director Edgar Wright departed production midway over “creative differences” (and went off to make “Baby Driver,” so it’s all good), leaving Peyton Reed to take the reins.
It's hard to say which is the most lightweight, evanescent and inconsequential of the bunch — Ant-Man, the Wasp or Ant-Man and the Wasp.
Ghost, who made her MCU debut as the villain of 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp.
…the density-altering villainess Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), who last fought the ANT MAN AND THE WASP…
First introduced and last seen in 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, when her chronic and unmanageable condition was seemingly healed by Michelle Pfeiffer’s Janet Van Dyne…
Ava Starr, another woman with a checkered past (and who most noticeably dabbled in villainy in Ant-Man and the Wasp).
In classic MCU fashion, it’s one of those scenes in which it feels like you need to have done some homework to really keep up with it in that these three characters were initially defined in “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” “Black Widow,” and the TV show “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”
…who was largely underwritten in her previous appearance in Ant-Man and the Wasp…
It’s also the third movie to have a female superhero in the title (after “Ant-Man and The Wasp” and “Captain Marvel”), the second to give that female superhero sole billing, and the first to have a solo female director — Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland (“Lore,” “Berlin Syndrome”) — in charge.