Review by Lauryn Angel
Paul Rudd returns as Scott Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but this is Scott Lang post-Endgame. He’s recognizable on the streets of San Francisco, thanks to his role in saving the world, and he’s even written a memoir (which will actually be available for purchase in September). But his life isn’t perfect – his relationship with his daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton) is complicated by the fact that he missed five years of her life. And it turns out she’s keeping secrets from him – like the fact that she and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) – whom Cassie calls “grandpa” – have been building a device to access the Quantum Realm, a secret which causes Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) alarm – for good reason as it turns out.
Scott, Cassie, Hank, Janet, and Hope (Evangeline Lilly) are sucked into the Quantum Realm, a place where Janet was stuck for 30 years but refuses to talk about. It turns out she’s been keeping secrets of her own, and now she has to face the consequences.
Most of the movie takes place in the Quantum Realm, a universe within our own, and, as Hank Pym is ecstatic to discover, populated with beings – some who look like us, but most who don’t. This inner-space realm is trippy along the lines of the first Doctor Strange, and its residents are reminiscent of various beings encountered in the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Despite this familiarity, there’s still quite a bit of novelty in this universe.
The residents of this universe are fighting for freedom against someone they mostly refer to as “Him,” but who is soon revealed to be Kang (Jonathan Majors). Jonathan Majors does a stellar job as Kang, especially in contrast with the Kang variant he played in the Loki Disney+ series. While that Kang was playful, this one is serious and, frankly, quite creepy.
There are quite a few surprises in this big adventure in a tiny realm, and the movie does a good job of balancing the darker tone of Kang’s demands and Scott’s family strife with the goofiness fans expect from Scott Lang. Alas, his crew is missing from this film (though David Dastmalchian does play a different role), so Rudd is left to create the laughs pretty much on his own. Sort-of.
If you liked the previous Ant-Man films, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one as much as I did. If not, I still recommend seeing this if you plan to keep up with the MCU, as the outcome of this film will definitely reverberate into the future Marvel projects. Personally, I had a great time with this film, and give it a strong 4 out of 5 stars.
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