Even with a new partner, Paul Rudd's superhero easy to forget

Sometimes he grows up and likes it more. Sixty-five feet, he proudly announces in Ant-Man and Wasp when he was asked the maximum height that he could reach by wearing his super suit. Rudd's default expression, however, is recklessness. His face spells out the question: "Who? Me?", As if we were surprised that someone could choose his owner for something more arduous than washing dishes.

In keeping with his time, he was badigned a more badertive partner this, the second film to give Ant-Man a lead role with his name in the title. Played by Evangeline Lilly, she is Hope Van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym of Michael Douglas, the original Ant-Man and inventor of the technology that allows Scott Lang to dramatically reduce his workforce.

Once separated from his father, Hope is now working with him and this time, she gets a great status, baduming the suit, powers and identity of the Wasp. And she is on a mission, hoping to discover the fate of the first Wasp, who was her mother.

Ant-Man fans hooked to the geography and chronology of the Marvel Universe will already know that the action takes place two years later. after the events that took place in Marvel Captain America: Civil War . But the script makes concessions for the rest of us by filling in the back story with large show series that also incorporate a tutorial on the heavily Marvelised version of quantum physics that powers the world. 39; plot

In summary: 30 years earlier, Hope's mother, Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), went missing Hank was trying to save the United States from nuclear destruction. Shrinking to the size of a sub-atomic particle to disarm a ballistic missile, she was forced to engage in the "quantum field" with no prospect of return. Or so it was thought. But the recent exploits of Ant-Man have raised new possibilities.

Director Peyton Reed focuses on keeping things light – as he must. With the absurdity inherent in the idea of ​​a superhero who can drive a Matchbox car, there is the fact that he commands an army with the nerdy look of animatronic ants. When he is on leave, he also hangs out with a clumsy trio of little crooks played by other comics Michael Pena, David Dastmalchian and Tip "T.I." Harris

Randall Park gives them some fey competition as an FBI agent, but their runyonesque routines contain the funniest lines of the film with Dastmalchian, equipped with an imposing quiff and a Russian accent, like the star of the set.

Rudd co-wrote the script but he does not make his own comic gifts of favors. While he and Lilly are showing signs of developing a promising line, they lose interest before being properly engaged.

Lilly's Wasp is a much more fit operator than his colleague, without the need for additional support in entomology. His performance is invested with a neat mix of elegance, irony and athletic confidence. And she has a better suit than Scott, as well as a higher intellect. He considers it with a mixture of lust, respect and deep gratitude, while it extracts it from another mishap

But none of them match the newly wicked introduced from the movie, Ghost (British actress Hannah John-Kamen), A mysterious mysterious woman whose powers are the most powerful.

Marvel films have long since pbaded the point where waterfalls can be considered as the main attraction. We have been watching people in Latex costumes with CGI accessories fighting for supremacy for so long that they must possess something truly original to stand out from the crowd.

The most recent example to meet this criterion was Black Panther, the first black superhero. Ant-Man is not that kind of breaker – despite the help he gets from Lilly. He manages on his propensity to stunning humor, his childish enthusiasms and the company he keeps. He's friendly, his films are child-friendly, and that's about it all.