The heist movie

Marvel likes to experiment with different genres. We've seen Captain America: The Winter Soldier as the political thriller and action vehicle, as well as Guardians of the Galaxy as the space opera. For Ant-Man, the studio switched to heist movies with a twist.

Sure enough, this can also be considered one of the faults of the movie. Many have said that Ant-Man is a bit slouchy in its first act "“ but that is how heist movies usually work. They have to build towards the grand finale.

And it pays off big time in the third act. And not just because of the action sequences"¦

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