I wish to begin by stating that I have officially given up on the Fast Franchise. The Rock had me hanging on, but the brotha is surely done, and as such I too remain done. I mention this because that preview was utterly trash and so beyond unbelievable–even as a Vin Diesel Vehicle (no pun intended) that I simply cannot abide. Meanwhile, I abide the AntMan and the Wasp series purely because of Paul Rudd. That man carries. The problem with this specific film is that it is not actually about him or his (truly badly scripted and acted) relationship with the Wasp. This is about the Quantumverse and about introducing story and helping us to understand the ‘Idea’ of Kang. Sadly, Kathryn Newton (who plays a very standard version of every high school girl lead ever in this one) gets the lead treatment and we lose many other characters in search of the father-daughter bond. It doesn’t work for me. They do a good job of setting up the next Young Avenger (we’ve already seen Hulk’s kid, New Hawkeye, and IronHeart but we’ve seen no men–I guess Guardians III might get us the guy but I’m really hoping for Miles Morales).
Marvel burned this one in order to set up other stuff. I knew that going in, but without the chemistry of Rudd to carry, the movie simply fails. The introductions were not even on point, because we met Kang in Loki, and unless you watched Loki you will not get this film the way they intend for you to get it.
Some Thoughts:
- The Rock and Jason Statham are 50 and 55 years respectively. They look younger and more virile than I, who is younger than they… Dang