'Ant-Man' surprised me by being so much better than I expected. Director Peyton Reed returns for 'Ant-Man and The Wasp', but everything I loved about 'Ant-Man' is absent from this sequel.

Where do I even begin? With the most obvious, I suppose: this film is not about Scott Lang/Ant-Man. The film follows directly on the events of 'Captain America: Civil War' (even though Ant-Man was in that film for just a few minutes. Oh, I do hate these cross overs!). Scott has been placed under house arrest because of his involvement in 'Civil War' (jeez, can I even remember what it was about, since I hated that film so much??). At least he is able to see his daughter now and he runs his own security company. But wait, its not really his story being told; its Hope's story hoping to see her mother again. Or wait, is it Hanks' story trying to find his wife? Uhm, no, maybe its more about Janet (Hank's wife/Hope's mother). Oh, I'm so confused...

The second thing that really annoyed me, is the fact this installment is (a lot) more slapstick. The first film had funny moments, but it was never slapstick. This film is so laden with the clichéd slapstick humour Hollywood superhero films have become known for, its cringe worthy. Luis (Michael Pena) is back again, and here mainly serves as comic relief. Every single scene he is in, is just comedy, comedy, comedy that might as well have been on the cutting room floor.

Thirdly, man did they go overboard with the CGI! The first film used CGI mainly to show us Scott's world from the perspective of a person the size of an insect. In 'Ant-Man and the Wasp', they use almost just as much CGI as in an Avengers movie. With the constant mention also of the Avengers, this almost felt like an Avengers sequel, or prequel, or somewhere in-between, whatever...

And then there's the silly script. I mean, seriously silly! Two years ago Hank was only able to shrink a person. Now he managed to build a tunnel that will take him to the quantum realm where he believes his wife has been stuck in for 30 years. He also managed to perfect the shrinking technology to the extent where he can shrink an ENTIRE building with everything inside, and carry it around like a suitcase.

They are now also able to shrink and expand everything around them, even the cars they drive in. Oh, and another thing. When Hope and Luis drive in a car together, she shrinks the car (and them). But how on earth does she manage to shrink Luis if he's not wearing a suit, for crying out loud??!! So, how does this shrinking technology work then? Why does Scott need the suit to shrink when Hope can shrink Luis?? Major plot flaw, writers, director, and producers!!

Never mind, this film got more and more preposterous towards the end. I suppose civilians are used to seeing giant men. And witnessing them shrink in front of their very eyes, is normal - since they don't even react to this. Not to mention buildings just appearing in front of them... or disappearing... just another ordinary day, I suppose...

The antagonists are Sonny Burch, a weak character who wants to steal Hank's lab. (Yes, the entire building, which is the size of a suitcase now, remember!). And then there's Ava/Ghost, who has a back story of her own I'm supposed to care about.

Paul Rudd is given a chance to get in touch with his inner femininity as him and Janet swop places, or bodies, or minds, or however they try to explain it. Oh, this is just edging towards idiocracy. There are just way too many plot flaws here.

Everything that worked so well in the first film, is taken to the extreme here and is not as believable or cool. At times the film is far too comedic, and at times it is far too melodramatic. I was not entertained by this.