The Antman

The Antman is a lovingly-made but sluggish monster-movie parody, done with German-speaking actors on a sparse soundstage standing in for 1950s Mexico. Promising concept is bolstered by colorful performances by Gotz Otto and Lars Rudolph, and the filmmakers have fun with pics look, right down to tacky lighting worthy of Roger Corman. But Marc Meyers script isnt fast or funny enough to keep pace with energetic visuals. The first in a projected series of B-movie homages grouped as Planet B, the producers might want to call in Joe Dante to supervise the rest, as Antman seems unlikely to crawl very far beyond its native borders