Unreal

Rating: 10/10 (21 July 2015)

This movie is amazing. To be completely honest, when I heard that Paul Rudd was cast as a hero for Marvel, I was skeptical. Was I ever wrong.
Rudd plays Scott Lang, an ex-con just getting out of prison. Trying to go straight, he finds it incredibly hard to make a life for himself being an ex-con. After taking a burglary job he finds only a suit and questions why it is locked up in a vault. Obviously events lead to him eventually becoming "Ant-Man" and trying to stop the villain, Yellowsuit.
As previously mentioned, The casting of Paul Rudd surprised me. However the script is perfectly suited to his talents, and he delivers a lights out performance. Dr. Hank Pym is played my Michael Douglas, and he delivers another fantastic performance, as a scientist trying to stop technology that he helped to pioneer from being sold to Hydra. Pym's daughter, Hope was cast to be Evangeline Lilly. She delivers a very solid performance in her role. Darren Cross, the villain, is played by Corey Stoll, and again, a lights out performance on him, making his character both crazy and very evil. Lang's "crew" is played by Michael Pena, David Dastmalchian, and T.I. and there are moments where they steal the movie, and definitely cause mass laughter. And always appreciated when an Avenger (Anthony Mackie in this case) makes an appearance.
Overall this movie was absolutely f-ant-astic (sorry I had to), and a must watch for any Marvel fan. I don't know where I'd rank it overall in the Marvel Universe, but this film is definitely near the top.