In Ant-Man 2015 Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength. In ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’ see the suit worn in the film, the original comic cover by Jack Kirby of Ant-Man’s first appearance in Tales to Astonish 1959 #27 published 10 January 1962, and never-before-seen Ant-Man key frames. The Gallery of Modern Art’s Australian Cinémathèque also screens the film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
‘Did you think you could stop the future with a heist?’
‘It was never just a heist.’Darren Cross and Scott Lang
Part-heist thriller with requisite infiltration montages, and part-miniaturised human caper, Ant-Man finds cat burglar Scott Lang struggling to reconnect with his daughter and make ends meet after three years in prison. He gets the crew together for one last job — the prize of which turns out to be the original Ant-Man suit of Dr Hank Pym (Michael Douglas). Pym himself has returned to his company from self-imposed exile to discover protégé Darren Cross (Corey Stoll) reviving technology which reduces humans to ant size, at the same time as vastly magnifying their strength – but now Cross wants to sell his version of the technology to Hydra.
The subatomic finale — naturally a route the hero is warned against taking — is a counterpoint to the pan-galactic expanse seen in Guardians of the Galaxy. With Ant-Man, the Universe is extended to the extremes of both dimensions. Directed by Peyton Reed.
Ant-Man costume
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Film notes by Dan Cameron
Feature image: Installation view of Ant-Man in the ‘Alternate dimensions’ room, ‘Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe’, GOMA 2017 / Photograph: Natasha Harth © QAGOMA