Ant-Man and the Wasp

I had the chance to see Ant-Man and the Wasp at a Thursday preview in an IMAX theater with a large and boisterous crowd and it was so much fun!  I absolutely loved Ant-Man (much more than I expected) so I have been looking forward to this for a long time.  In the aftermath of the events in Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is under house arrest until he is once again drawn into the activities of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) who  believe that Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) is still alive.  Since Lang entered and returned from the quantum realm, where Janet has been lost for thirty years, Pym and Hope want his help to rescue her through a quantum bridge they have created.  However, a former colleague of Pym's, Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne), wants this technology to help Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), the victim of a botched quantum experiment which has left her in an unstable state, and Sonny Burch (Walton Goggins), a black market dealer, who wants the technology for its potential value.  Meanwhile, Jimmy Woo (Randall Park), an FBI agent, is chasing Lang for violating house arrest and Pym and Hope for their role in breaking the Sokovia Accords.  Lang and Hope become Ant-Man and the Wasp and they recruit Luis (Michael Pena) in order to elude everyone pursing them and to rescue Janet.  This movie doubles down on everything that made me love the first one!  Rudd is incredibly engaging, once again full of witty one-liners, and his interactions with Lilly are hilarious.  The action sequences are fantastic with objects becoming larger and smaller as needed.  My favorite sequence involves a giant Hello Kitty PEZ dispenser!  Finally, Michael Pena, once again, steals the show, especially in a truth serum fueled monologue that had me and everyone else in the theater laughing out loud!  I loved this movie!  It is the perfect summer blockbuster and I highly recommend it for a good time (especially after the devastation wrought in Infinity War).

Note:  It goes without saying that you should stay through the credits!  There is a mid-credits scene that links directly to Infinity War and a fun post-credits scene.