2015 · action · superhero · comedy
Ant-Man (2015)
Directed by Peyton Reed1h 57m2015
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
Our read: Ant-Man (2015) (2015) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive action · superhero · comedy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured action / superhero, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
- redemptive
- funny
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