‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ movie review: MCU’s next big villain deserves a much better film debut

The world of quantum mechanics is fascinating for comfortably straddling the metaphysical with the glittering cold truth of physics. With most of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which kicks off Phase 5 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, set in the quantum realm, there was every chance for one hell of a ride. The Ant-Man films, Quantumania is the third following Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp, were also different from their bigger, noisier MCU counterparts by looking out for the little guy. The films are about family — the scientist Hank Pym, was the original Ant-Man; his wife Janet, or the Wasp, was lost in the quantum realm for a good bit of time; his daughter Hope used good science to heal the world when she was not the next-gen Wasp or on a romantic date with Scott Lang/Ant-Man ; Lang’s daughter, Cassie, wants to do her bit for the world, and if her activism gets her in jail, well that was par for the course. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Director: Peyton Reed Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas, Kathryn Newton Runtime: 124 minutes Storyline: A new threat in the quantum realm calls for a concerted response from the Pyms and Langs And then there is the lightness of spirit that marked the Ant-Man films.