Every year around this time, ants invade my kitchen. So while I'm generally in favor of a superhero who controls ants, I'd be happier if he just murdered them. But I don't run the Marvel Universe—Marvel does. And if they think it's a good idea to devote an entire movie to a shrinking hero who orders around ants? I'll assume they know best. And this time, they do.
The ceaselessly charming Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang—a former thief trying to go straight. However, after being tricked into stealing a super-powered outfit from brilliant scientist Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), he's convinced to don the suit, become Ant-Man, and defeat a villain who's stolen the shrinking technology.
As you can tell from that recap, Ant-Man is a tiny story for a tiny hero—as opposed to the Avengers franchise, which is increasingly crammed with god-like characters and dangerous global situations.
