ReviewAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania movie review – Marvel’s trippy adventure film sets up Kang the Conqueror as the MCU’s next major villain

Paul Rudd returns as the tiniest Avenger alongside Evangeline Lilly as Hope/Wasp, who, with a series of other characters, get sucked into the Quantum Realm

There they encounter weird and wonderful monsters, as well as arch-baddie Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), who wants to use them to escape that world

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Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in a still from Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (category IIA). Jonathan Majors and Evangeline Lilly co-star, while Peyton Reed directs. Photo: Marvel Studios.

Published: 1:00am, 15 Feb 2023Updated: 1:24am, 15 Feb 2023

4/5 stars

The tiniest Avenger, Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), is back headlining his third movie in what is one of Marvel’s most trippy films yet.

A deep dive into the Quantum Realm, the subatomic secret universe beneath our own, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is a glorious way to kick-start Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That’s not least because it fully unveils Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), the major new villain of the series who has already been earmarked to clash with the Avengers in a future film.

It turns out Kang was exiled to the Quantum Realm while Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer) was there. As those who saw 2018’s Ant-Man and the Wasp will know, she escaped this monster-filled world thanks to husband Hank (Michael Douglas) and daughter Hope (Evangeline Lilly).

But when Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), daughter of Ant-Man’s alter ego Scott, starts messing with Hank’s “ant science” tech, sending a signal to the Quantum Realm, they all get sucked back in.