ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

2018 | DIRECTOR. PEYTON REED | REVIEW BY GLENN COCHRANE.

Not being a huge fan of the comic book saturation that fills the cinematic landscape, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has had me contradicting my occasional distaste for the genre with a smorgasbord of good instalments, such as Iron Man, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy. To be clear, it’s not that I dislike the genre, but rather the fatigue that comes with keeping up with the interwoven connections, and there’s also that sense of Disney manipulating movie-going habits that triggers my disliking of the concept. But hey, I’m part of a minority and I get that. That being said, Marvel has another winner here.​

The latest chapter in the ever-expanding MCU, the eighth instalment of Phase 3 and the 20th overall title (exhausting… right? ehem), is Ant-Man and the Wasp, a direct sequel to Ant-Man, which is in fact my favourite Marvel film to date. That first movie bucked the trend and offered a fresh take on the superhero genre, providing a family-friendly adventure full of action, special effects and laughs. It threw back to movies like Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Dollman and Innerspace, and with a concept as ludicrous as an ant-sized superhero, the movie was as frivolous as it was clever. Suffice it to say, expectations were high for this sequel, and it would take a well-considered script to equal what came before it.

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