Fun, entertaining origin story

Rating: 6/10 (5 April 2018)

This was good, entertaining, would have been great to see in the theatre with the spc effects, kids will like this one. Its a superhero origin story following Paul Rudd as a con artist who gets a shot at redemption when his mentor (Michael Douglas) asks him to don a super-powered suit that shrinks him down to miniscule size, gives him superhuman strength and the ability to control an army of ants. We watch him learn to use the suit, assorted comical training scenes and fight off villains seeking to steal the invention.
I liked Michael Douglas as the professor and the girl from Lost Evangeline Lilly. I thought Paul Rudd would have been funnier. Some holes in the story, although probably only applying to people like me who don't follow the universe ... not even holes really just questions... when he first breaks into Michael Douglas' house how can he scale the wall so easily? He's a hacker not a burglar right? What is the deal with Anthony Mackie swooping in, what's his story?
Anyways, I liked the scenes where Rudd is shrunk down running in the grass, in the ant hills, liked his relationship with the ants in general "Antony" . The bad guy was ok, kinda your stereotypical antagonist I recognized him from that FX vampire show The Strain (Corey Stoll)