Year: 2018
Runtime: 118 min
Language: English
Director: Peyton Reed
After the events of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang balances his life as Ant-Man with the challenges of being a father. He joins forces with Hope van Dyne, who suits up as The Wasp, and her father, Dr. Hank Pym, to confront a new threat and explore mysteries from their history. Together, they push the boundaries of their abilities and confront difficult choices about family and heroism.
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The ending of “Ant-Man and the Wasp” ties deeply into the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe and its major crossover event, “Infinity War.” Throughout the film, Scott and his team work to locate and rescue Janet Van Dyne from the quantum realm, which is intricately connected to Hank Pym’s past and the quantum energy Janet might still hold. As they venture into the quantum realm to save her, they manage to communicate with Janet through quantum entanglement, revealing her consciousness inside the realm and providing the coordinates for her rescue. However, their plans are thrown into chaos when the team is betrayed, and Hank and Hope are captured.
In the climax, Scott volunteers to venture back into the quantum realm to harvest energy and help stabilize Janet’s quantum energy, which has become crucial to their rescue attempt. While Scott is inside the quantum realm, he absorbs energy and accidentally gets trapped there, unable to return. As a result, the rest of his team – Hope, Hank, and Janet – are left outside, and in a poignant moment, they turn to dust just like many heroes in “Infinity War,” due to Thanos’ snap. This lose-lose situation is a direct tie-in to the events of “Infinity War,” emphasizing that Scott’s survival might have been a matter of luck, or perhaps because the quantum realm isn’t affected by the same loss of life outside.
Scott’s entrapment inside the quantum realm becomes a major plot point for future films. His absence during the five years following “Infinity War” is what helped produce the desperate time-travel plan in “Endgame,” as he, along with others, helped the Avengers to retrieve the Infinity Stones and undo Thanos’ snap. The final post-credit scene leaves viewers with a humorous yet ominous image: a giant ant practicing drums in Scott’s empty house. But the scene also hints at the grim reality—Scott’s wife, Hope’s father, and others have vanished into dust, with the question mark hinting at ongoing uncertainty about what’s happening to him and the universe. This ambiguity sets the stage for future adventures and the continuation of the Marvel story.
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