Ant-Man And The Wasp Review: 6 Ups & 5 Downs

5. The Riveting Action Sequences

Though the movie is constantly at battle against its fairly workmanlike visual style, the set-pieces do at least deliver the requisite thrills. Sure, the editing isn't always as crisp as you'd hope for, but the size-shifting sequences remain as giddily entertaining as they were the first time around.

There's still the overwhelming feeling that Peyton Reed could take things in a much more creative direction, but if you can't get on-board with Wasp knocking someone out with a giant salt shaker or an enlarged Pez dispenser being hurled across a street at an enemy goon, do you even like movies?

While the first Ant-Man focused exclusively on shrinking, the sequel has a more diverse sandbox to play in, both with the added embiggening tools and the addition of Wasp. That's to say nothing of Ghost's neat ability to phase through objects, reminiscent of The Twins from The Matrix Reloaded.

The trailers were wrong to give so much of the action away for free, but on their own terms, the set-pieces are a lot of fun.