The genre ‘superhero’ is sometimes, in my opinion, a particular genre some people use as an excuse to forgive the mediocrity that a film of said genre has. It’s when you say something like, “that was an enjoyable film, but it’s just that. Nothing special,” and then being replied with, “but it’s a superhero film. That is all one can be, right?”, as if superhero films couldn’t be treated and criticized the way films in general are. As if superhero films couldn’t be any better than and different from those that ever existed. And, to me, Ant-Man is just another example of a mediocre superhero film.

In this Marvel superhero film, Paul Rudd plays the role of Scott Lang, a professional thief just released from prison, who's trapped between two opposite things: the promise he keeps for himself not to steal again, and the need of money for his little daughter. Wanting to be the hero for his daughter, he can't help but plan another burglary with his friends. He breaks into a house of a scientist, Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) who, little that he knows, has always been wanting to use his talent in thievery for a heroic purpose. Pym recruits Lang to prevent Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) from using a shrinking soldier as a weapon for evil. Lang must wear a suit that can shrink him into the size of an ant, and learn to lead an army of ants. Now he, again, has two opposite things to choose: accept the heroic yet dangerous task from Pym and be a real hero for his daughter, or say no to it and he can return to jail. Sounds unique and interesting, maybe, but the whole film itself is not extraordinary.