Quite a good, vertically challenged, heist movie...

Rating: 7/10 (5 April 2020)

Paul Rudd ("Scott Lang") commits a crime of principle that results in his going to jail. When he comes out to his daughter and ex-wife (married to a cop), he can't even get a job selling ice cream. Desperate times call for desperate measures and he finds himself robbing a vault in which he discovers a strange suit. When he dons it, he shrinks to the size of an ant and attains super strength. Scared by this, he attempts to take it back but is arrested ninth attempt then finds himself enveloped in a complex plot lead by Michael Douglas ("Dr. Hank Pym") to regain control of the company that built it all from the megalomanic control of Corey Stoll ("Darren Cross"). It's quite an enjoyable tech-fantasy and Rudd brings a good deal of fun to the role as he tries to save the world... The SFX are cleverly executed and it is fast paced. The dialogue, however is rather uninspiring and the set-piece nature of many of the action scenes grow repetitive after the umpteenth time. At 2 hours long, it could do with a bit of judicious trimming to compact it down a bit - but it is, nonetheless, quite an enjoyable comedy sci-fi.