The first Ant-Man movie was a pleasing, fun movie that was never a top-league Marvel movie, but Ant-Man's stature has grown (literally) in subsequent MCU appearances. The second outing makes the wise move of promoting The Wasp to shared top billing, but a lot of what made the first film work well is evident here: the comedy smarts, the relationships and a less pompous tone than some Marvel movies. Evangeline Lilly is the easy stand-out here, giving a really strong performance and establishing the Wasp in her own right, and the rest of the cast works effortlessly. Here, Marvel's weak-villains curse works in favour of shining the focus more interestingly on the protagonists. The film's saviour is also, of course, the wonderful FX work, from the whiplash size-changing gags to the seamless integration. The basic story itself is pitifully thin, but there is a lot of fun to be had along the way. The film is set before Avengers - Infinity War, but wait for the mid-credits scene that brings it up-to-date very powerfully.
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