Another winner from Marvel Studios

Rating: 9/10 (24 July 2015)

Scott Lang, decent bloke but failed crook and newly released jailbird, finds himself embroiled with scientist Hank Pym who has invented the ability to shrink people but is now seeking to sabotage the work of his dangerous protégé who is following in his footsteps.
The latest episode in the Marvel cinematic universe introduces new character Ant-Man in a fun-packed heist-based action adventure. Paul Rudd's likability serves Scott Lang well, there are some terrific character dynamics between various characters (the Lang and Pym family relationships in particular give the film heart, a quality which is sometimes in short supply in Marvel films). There is a lot of humour – no doubt a legacy of Edgar Wright's and Joe Cornish's input – there are fairly obvious fingerprints throughout the movie. The effects are absolutely fine, with the way the action narrative copes with showing things from both the macro and micro points of view being particularly well achieved.
I have seen 3 criticisms – one, that the ants aren't particularly well individualised. Come on, they're ants. And, two, that Evangeline Lilly's Hope Van Dyne should have been a stranger female. Well, one, she was, two that was part of the plot and, three, hold on for Ant-Man 2! And, three, that the Falcon was shoehorned in artificially just to create an Avengers link. Well, it worked for me.
I LOVED the brief quote from the Avengers theme.
This is a very enjoyable addition to the Marvel cinematic universe.