Ant-Man is the final movie
for Phase 2 of Marvel Studios. The movie may serve as an epilogue to Avengers: Age of Ultron as it will be
revealed Hank Pym is the creator of Ultron. Ant-Man begins in 1989
where Hank Pym quits his activities with SHIELD as Agent Carter looks on
believing his technologies is too dangerous. In the present Scott Lang leaves
prison and rebuilds his life however he needs a job. He breaks into Hank Pym’s
home and steals the Ant-Man suit. After trying it on and discovering it is too
much for him, Scott returns the suit only to be arrested by the police. Hank
visits him posing as his lawyer and later gives him an opportunity to escape.
Scott joins Hank to stop his apprentice Darren Cross from selling his
technologies. However in order for the heist to work, Scott needs to break into
Avengers Headquarters and steal a device. The break-in draws the attention of
Sam Wilson and we get the superhero fight between Ant-Man and the Falcon.
After
retrieving the device, Scott breaks into Pym Technologies to set up bombs and to
steal the Yellowjacket suit however Darren Cross set up the trap. Ultimately
Pym Technologies is destroyed and Darren Cross dons the Yellowjacket suit and
goes after Scott’s family. The two battle it out until Scott goes subatomic to
stop Darren. Yellowjacket is killed and Scott is lost in the Quantum Realm. The
original Wasp is lost in the Quantum Realm however Scott manages to come back
by altering his regulator. Later Hank reveals to his daughter Hope that he and
his mother was working on a new Wasp costume. The end credits scene sees Sam
Wilson using his connection to draw out the Ant-Man so they can use him to
save Bucky Barnes.
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