Ant-Man, a new Marvel superhero

Rating: 8/10 (8 October 2015)

Marvel Studios produced another blockbuster hit which debuted summer 2015 based on a DC Comic story, Ant-Man. This movie follows the success of the superhero movies: the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man. The director, Peyton Reed, successfully transfers the Ant-Man story from comic to the big screen. The movie surpasses the audience's expectations about the superpowers of Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) defeating villain - Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) under the guide of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) - a former Ant-Man. Ant-Man whose real name is Scott Lang, is a young dad and a master thief just released from jail. Lang does not know that Pym is setting him up to become Ant-Man by letting him steal the suit. The suit Pym designed can shrink a human down to be a small and powerful ant. Pym chose Lang to wear the suit and hopes Lang will take over the duties of Ant-Man. Pym needs Lang to fight against Darren Cross, the CEO of Pym Technologies Company. Darren Cross becomes the villain, Yellowjacket, with the plan to use these powerful suits to control the world. The story ends with a predictable victory of Ant-Man, defeating Yellowjacket. The movie also leads audience to the next Avengers sequel where Ant-Man will join the new Avengers team. Ant-Man has a long and slow opening to the story. The movie opens with many scenes of Lang's life after jail. He struggles with no place to stay and no money to have the custody of his daughter. The reason Pym chose Lang as the next generation of the Ant-Man suit is not reasonable and convincing enough to make the story smooth. However, in the middle of the movie, the audience is surprised by the superpower of the suit and the cooperation between Lang and his ant friends. It brings new and diverse action scenes in the blockbusters that Marvel have never had before. The tiny Ant-Man defeats Yellowjacket's plot and saves his daughter, not the entire world like other Marvel superheroes. Even though the costume does not make Ant-Man look incredible and super powerful like his Marvel fellow heroes such as Iron Man or Captain America, it earns the audience's impression of the conveniences of being small in the suit. When Lang breaks into Pym's company to steal Cross's project, he can go through the smallest path to the project's storage as an Ant-Man. The movie serves fair entertainment with fighting scenes and humorous minor characters. Lang's thief group supports him from outside of Pym Technologies Company while he is stealing inside the building, which entertains the audience. Or the fighting scenes between Ant-Man and Yellowjacket transforming back and forth between the size of human and ant create some fun and interest to audience. However, the director does not create a Yellowjacket villain evil and dangerous enough to push story setting at stake. The fighting scenes might bring audience enjoyment, but they are lacking high attractiveness and extreme drama. The director could have put the world threatened by Yellowjacket to increase the role of Ant-Man in saving the date. Thus, the fighting would be the hit of the movie. Even though Ant-Man did not make as much money as the other Marvel comics-based-stories, Director Peyton Reed succeeds to bring up the story for Ant-Man to join the new Avengers team. Ant-Man begins the story of the new Avengers and makes the tight interconnection of Marvel comic-based-superheroes. It makes audience curious and excited to see how Ant-Man will contribute to the team. Overall, it is well worth two hours of watching.