Sunday, May 21, 2023

Visit to a small world: Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

 In equal doses a love letter to fans of "Star Wars" & "Fantastic Voyage", among science-fiction classics, "Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania", the 3rd film to top-line the size changing couple (Paul Rudd & Evangeline Lily), who venture into the quantum realm, quite by accident this time.

Scott Lang (Rudd) is now an author, his memoir a big hit, since coming home. Daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton) has become a teenaged social activist, and winds up in jail, which doesn't sit well with Scott.

However, there are details of Janet Van Dyne's voyage to the quantum realm that finally come to light, forcing Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) to have to explain to husband Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and the rest of the family. Cassie is experimenting with a device that ends up sending them to the quantum realm for a battle with Kang (Jonathan Majors) and MODOK (Corey Stoll), who was previously Hank's rogue protege from the first film. MODOK ends up being treated as a tool. Because he was.

Anyway, "Quantumania" is currently streaming on Disney+, and a post-credits scene sets up the immediate follow-up in this adventure, as a certain time travel series is set to return later this year.

Here's the trailer:


It was a shock seeing Bill Murray in this one, and, I have to say, would it be a big ask to have him find a stylist?

The final act is a hoot and a half, and the rest of the movie isn't that bad, either.

Rating: A-.

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