"Ant-Man and the Wasp"

Like a Mad Libs page, the plot line is back with new details. Once again everyone hates Scott and the only person in his corner is his daughter. Based on the success of Scott’s return from the quantum realm, this movie turns into Saving Ms. Janet where Hank and Hope build a quantum tunnel to retrieve Janet.

Meanwhile, Scott is on house arrest, and the reason everyone hates him is because he went to Berlin to fight Captain America, and he got caught violating the Sokovia Accords. Did you know Michael Douglas didn’t know about that? Because he didn’t go see Civil War, he was confused when he read the script for this movie as to why he was mad at Scott. Don’t worry, Michael, I’m sure a lot of people forgot about Civil War. I know I did. But this also proves a point to my mother. She wasn’t interested in watching them in order. If you don’t do your homework, you end up getting lost.

I got off track, sorry. Scott is just days away from being relieved of house arrest when he has a strange dream about Janet, Hope’s mother, and Hank’s wife. He calls them to sort of chat about it and he gets whisked away on another adventure with the Pyms. Hope was on the verge to secure the remaining part they need when their dealer, with the worst Southern accent I ever heard, tries to blow their cover, Hope transforms and shows off the Wasp for the first time. Then a mysterious figure shows up and attempts to get the part. Scott joins in but fails to get the part. The figure also commandeers the lab, that Hank previously shrunk, and disappeared. Not sure what to do next, they visit an old friend of Hank’s, Ben Foster. He suggested using a quantum tracking to find the lab. Doing so, Hank, Hope, and Scott find the lab but get captured in a Scooby-Doo episode as Ben and the mysterious figure, the Ghost, tried to take the lab from them and using it to extract the quantum rays to help heal the Ghost. She was caught up in an experimental accident and her molecules were ripped apart and stitched back together, but no one can touch her. Ben took her in once S.H.I.E.L.D., who tested on her, went under and searched for a cure.

With the help of some ants, Scott, Hope, and Hank escape with the lab, and they get to work. But their adventure gets cut short when the terrible Southern gentleman is after them after they have drugged Scott’s friends, who told where they were. Then they chase them in hot pursuit through San Francisco as cars constantly shrink and grow to blow cars away. Meanwhile, Hank travels to retrieve Janet, which is possible thanks to Janet herself. While Scott was subatomic, Janet linked with him, and she took over his body to fix Hank’s math to pinpoint her location. They come back out and the Ghost is healed and Scott is free from house arrest and everything is fine and dandy.

I don’t know if you would call this a good sequel, but I think it was a better, more fun follow up to the first one in some instances. Scott’s friends are a lot more fun as they struggle to start a security business while Scott can’t leave the house. Their stupid antics, like Michael Peña telling his version of the movie, helped slow down the bad guys long enough to help fix everything.

The shrinking lab raised a number of questions for me. With it being shaken around like that, it makes you wonder if anything is tied down. Their entire workplace could be destroyed the second Hank picked it up.

Hank used the aroma sensory bullsh*t to control the ants in the first movie. Now he just yells at them and they hardly get anything done. That makes your technology look like crap because you are drunk on it and just being mean to anyone who isn’t you.

I’m really glad Hope dumped the Amelié look and went for the Lara Croft look. It really bugged me the whole time in the first Ant-Man. She and Scott finally kiss in this one, but like the rest of the love interests in this universe, the romance is forced and rushed. I really don’t care anymore.

Overall, I really think this was a decent film and a decent break from what we just saw in the last movie…until it decided to hit us with that again. Way to kick us in the nuts, Marvel. In the end credits scene, Scott is collecting quantum rays in a capsule and was waiting to be pulled out when, unbeknownst to him, Hope, Janet, and Hank all dissolve into dust. Which makes you think. Why weren’t the events from Infinity War the biggest things on television right now? Instead we get Gi-ant Man treading through the San Francisco Bay. Do you suppose Scott missed the Snap because he was subatomic? With everyone suddenly gone, I want to know. Did Luis, T.I. or the Russian guy dissolve too? Bobby Cannavale? Or…Oh, God…Marvel?

Killing Peter is one thing. But I draw the line at little girls with more attitude than all the women in the MCU combined. Shame on you!
But also it makes you think who else is gone, that we don't see. We never saw Valkyrie, Korg, or Meek in Infinity War. Did they die too? If so, by the hand of Thanos' children or Thanos' himself? Is Pepper dead? Jane Foster? I know we never see her anymore, but I can't help but wonder. Aunt May? Ned? MJ? Senator Ross? Liv Tyler? Ty Burrell? Dr. Selvig? One Broke Girl? Peggy's niece?
What if there is irony in Fury trying to contact Captain Marvel only to have her dead too?

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Released On: July 6, 2018
Rating: PG-13
Stars: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas, Laurence Fishburne, Hannah John-Kamen, Michelle Pfeiffer
Director: Peyton Reed

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88% Certified Fresh

IMDb Score: 7.2/10

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