Movie of the Week: Ant Man

[jacey]

I'm not a comics reader, though I generally like marvel movies and this is no exception. I had no prior knowledge of Ant Man, so the movie came as a very pleasant surprise. Paul Rudd is a very engaging Scott Lang/Ant Man, an ex-con, drived to become a small-time burglar, who dons the Ant Man suit in which he shrinks in size while growing in strength. Michael Douglas is Hank Pym, his mentor and Evangeline Lilly, Pym's spirited daughter and (predictably) the love interest.

There are some nice human touches, some finely judges humour combined with full-on action adventure. Pym sends Scott to steal back Pym's technology that he fears will be used to the detrement of mankind.