Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
The casting of likable, verbally nimble Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man seemed inspired, but what we have is a lightweight, cliché-riddled origins story that veers between inside-joke comedy, ponderous redemption story lines and nifty CGI sequences that still seem relatively insignificant. - Two stars