ANT MAN

One of the founding members of the famed Marvel superhero group Avengers finally had the
chance to take the spotlight for himself. Ant-Man took the big screen on July 17 and grossed
about $58 million on its opening week end. Contrast to the protagonist’s physique, the story
reached big milestones no one could have imagined. The film started with a glimpse of the past
where Peggy Carter and Howard Stark still worked for the early version of S.H.I.E.L.D
together with a genius doctor named Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). Pym made a scientific
breakthrough by discovering the so-called ‘Pym Particle’ which allowed one to shrink the size
of organic matter but still with tremendous amount of strength. Unfortunately, due to an
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His former protégé Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) knew about the buried secret and was so close to
replicating it. In order to stop what could be a huge mass destruction, he recruited an ex-convict
in the name of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) to reprise his role as the legendary Ant-Man. Lang, who
was just freed out of the jail, has only one thing in his mind---to be a father to his daughter
Cassie (Abby Ryder Fortson). After serving his prison time as a convicted burglar, his daughter
was the only person he wants to be with. Essentially, the movie evolved around the love of
Lang to his daughter and how a man with a broken past will do everything to make his
daughter proud of him. It also featured the relationship between Dr. Pym and her daughter
Hope, whose hate-love relationship could be traced from a broken past.. A combination of
comedy, action and drama, the Ant-man surpassed expectations and proved to be worth
watching