Box Office
Hit · 4.4xBudget$140M
Worldwide Gross$622.7M
Ant-Man and the Wasp sticks to classic superhero rescue missions and family reconciliation, with Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne sharing equal focus as partners. It earns a low 3/10 woke score by delivering neutral, story-driven entertainment free of activist framing.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) centers on a standard MCU rescue mission into the quantum realm involving Scott Lang, Hope van Dyne, and Hank Pym, with themes of family reconciliation and partnership that follow classic superhero storytelling conventions rather than activist framing.
The film gives Hope equal billing and action focus as the Wasp, with actress Evangeline Lilly successfully advocating for an elegant, feminine fighting style distinct from male characters, and it features a gender-flipped Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) as the antagonist—an established comics character originally male—but this remains a subplot element without reshaping the core premise or emotional driver. Supporting roles include organic diversity such as Randall Park as Agent Jimmy Woo and Michael Peña as Luis in comic-relief capacities, alongside Laurence Fishburne as Bill Foster, all fitting the modern MCU setting without clashing or foregrounding identity politics.
We've run a full content analysis on Ant-Man and the Wasp and scored it 3/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
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Paul Rudd
Scott Lang / Ant-Man
Evangeline Lilly
Hope Van Dyne / Wasp
Michael Douglas
Dr. Hank Pym
Hannah John-Kamen
Ava / Ghost
Randall Park
Jimmy Woo
Michelle Pfeiffer
Janet Van Dyne / Wasp
Laurence Fishburne
Dr. Bill Foster
Michael Peña
Luis
Walton Goggins
Sonny Burch
Bobby Cannavale
Paxton
