Rather than try to match the epic scale of Guardians and Ultron, Ant-Man serves as a very effective and hugely enjoyable origin tale, in which Marvel wisely scales it down (sorry) to a more domestic and intimate feel, with very careful and well-drawn setting-up which allows characters and (an admittedly slender) plot to develop effectively. It cements its place in the MCU with a couple of pleasing cameos and some rather blunt references, and if the film does feel familiar in tone, look and sound, one suspects that Edgar Wright's long-gestating take on the material has had the more interesting edges smoothed off a little on order to achieve it. Visually, Ant-Man is stunningly realised with some occasionally very creative ideas, and the use of 3D is absolutely exemplary. Paul Rudd, like Chris Pratt before him, is an engaging and amiable lead as expected, and Michael Douglas does sterling work as Hank Pym (including some remarkably impressive CG-de-ageing at the start of the film). For a lesser character, Marvel has taken the right approach here in this the potentially uneasy mix of sci-fi, superhero, comedy and melodrama that gives the audience a more grounded hero in the MCU that still delivers on big-screen entertainment.
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