Synopsis:

After getting out of prison, burgler Scott Lang tries to reconnect with his daughter, as his ex-wife tries to keep him away. A desperate robbery gone askew puts him the radar of redacted government scientist Hank Pym, leading him down a path he could of never expected. This is a tighter version of the film, cutting all of Hank's scenes until Scott meets him, as the film refocuses on his story and the journey he goes through to reunite with Cassie. A new deleted introduction to Hank has been reinserted into the film, other small elements have been cut, and one big infiltration sequence with an unneeded cameo has been entirely removed.

Intentions:

After watching the film a few months ago, I realised that Hank Pym's early scenes aren't really needed for the main story that's being told, and is more or less extended exposition. I thought that potentially cutting them out, and refocusing the film's point of view to Scott's, so that Hank isn't seen until he sees him, could be a better and tighter experience.

Change List:

- cut prologue with Young Hank, Howard Stark, Peggy Carter and the other guy that shows up later - cropped out title card for "CURRENT DAY" as the Young Hank flashback is now cut - cut Scott: "you guys have the wierdest goodbye rituals" - cut the whole presentation Cross does with Hank at Pym Tech about Yellowjacket, Ant-Man, shrinking tech, etc. - cut Cross turning the guy into jam - move Cross and Hope at dinner until later - add deleted scene of Scott casing Hank's house (this is now the first time we meet him) - cut failed shrink test with the lamb jam - cut Scott sticking his hand up to ask a question at breakfast - move Cross and Hope's dinner to after he successfully shrinks a lamb - add deleted scene with Hank providing exposition about basically everything that was cut out (Cross, Yellowjacket, Ant-Man, Pym Tech) - cut Scott going to the Avengers Compound and fighting Falcon, he now only appears in the final scene, implying he heard about what happened at Pym Tech instead of directing meeting him - recontexualise the post-Avengers Compound conversation into Hank generally congratulating Scott for doing Ant-Man training, instead of being for the Falcon fight - cut the heist gang in the situation room (doesn't do anything we don't know already, also the jokes here don't land) - cut Hank trying to reason with Paxton and Gale (If I don't get in this building, people will die) - cut reference to the Avengers Compound fight from Cross - cut Civil War post-credits scene and added something new.

Additional Notes:

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Other Sources:

Ant-Man (2015) Deleted Scenes - "Fixing the Cable" and "The History of Ant-Man" are reintegrated into the film Ant-Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Christophe Beck - A few tracks are used to cover up cuts and bridge scenes that weren't originally flowing into one another.

Special Thanks:

VortexUnlimited and Korach1921 for watching preview cuts and giving feedback.