TPL Teens

Review by Nain, member of the Cedarbrae Youth Advisory Group

After Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios had some work to do in making their next movie something that could even come close to the excitement of Infinity War. Luckily for fans, Ant-Man and the Wasp did not disappoint. The movie was released on July 6^th, 2018 in North America and was directed by Peyton Reed and produced by Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard. In one month, the movie has already made quite a sum at over 400 million dollars at the box office!

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The movie continues two years after the first Ant-Man movie, where Scott Lang (Ant-Man) has been sentenced to two years of house arrest after breaking the Sokovia Accord during the events of Captain America: Civil War. Hank Pym, who is the creator of the Ant-Man suit, believes there is a way to save his wife Janet from the quantum realm, believing she is still alive after seeing Scott go to and escape from the quantum realm during the events of the first movie.

My favorite aspect of the movie has to be the fact that one of the “villains,” who was dubbed the name “Ghost” (Ava Starr), is not a villain the viewer is necessarily able to hate as her current situation of phasing out of reality is not remotely her fault. This shows that she never truly has bad intentions throughout the movie, she just wants to stay alive. I also enjoyed how there was more than just a good side and a bad side.

There were four groups in the movie with their own, different goals, but clashing with each other along the way. There was the F.B.I., who were trying to ensure Scott Lang fulfilled his house arrest. There was Scott, Hope, and Hank’s team, who were trying to successfully save Hope’s mother Janet. There was Ghost and Bill Foster (a quantum scientist and old partner of Hank’s), who were trying to save Ghost’s life, and there was Sonny Burch and his gang who were just interested in becoming rich by selling the quantum gear.

Ant-Man and the Wasp was a movie with a good storyline and a connection to the previous marvel movies, even containing a scene at the end that follows up from Infinity War. Personally, I really enjoyed the movie, as it had a good mix of action, emotional scenes, and moments that really got the crowd laughing.

In conclusion, the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp was exciting and funny and had just the right amount of action scenes. I would recommend this movie to anyone looking for a good movie to watch, relax, and enjoy!