Ant-Man (2015)
This movie should be avoided because it involves and/or promotes profanity (over 30 instances), blasphemy (God's name is taken in vain at least 4 times), theft and burglary, disdain for authority, immodesty, and deceit. Since its heroes practice sin, this movie conditions viewers to substitute evil for good and good for evil (Isa. 5:20) by praising evildoers who ought to be despised (Ps. 15:4; Pro. 28:4).
Violations of God's Law
Blasphemy and Profanity
This movie violates the Third Commandment. God has warned that he will not hold guiltless those who take his name in vain (Ex. 20:7).
- Scott, Hank, Hope, and Luis each take God's name in vain at least once
- Hank, through his network of ants and his ability to speak to them, attributes to himself omniscience and omnipresence
- There is a scene in which Scott's friends recoil at seeing him shrink, as he demonstrates the Ant-Man suit's abilities, and they carry on calling it "witchcraft," "sorcery," and "the work of gypsies," all of which is intended to provoke laughter. Witchcraft is a serious, damnable sin for which God has assigned capital punishment (Ex. 22:18).
- Profane references: hell (7), damn (10), among others
Disdain for Authority
This movie promotes violations of the Fifth Commandment. Those who despise parents are worthy of death according to the judgment of God (Rom. 1:30-32); those who despise government are likened to brute beasts who will be condemned (2Pe. 2:10-12; Jude 1:8-10).
- Scott and his friends Luis, Dave, and Kurt are confirmed, unashamed, and skilled career criminals
- After Scott is jailed for burglary, Hank delivers him the Ant-Man suit in order to break him out of jail, and he proceeds to flee from the authorities
- Scott's daughter Cassie expresses her hope that the police will not be able to find and catch him
- Hope is shown repeatedly opposing her father throughout the film, glaring at him at one point, and disparaging him behind his back to Scott
Immodesty and Sexual Immorality
This movie violates and promotes violations of the Seventh Commandment. The Bible warns that those who do not repent of sexual immorality will not inherit the kingdom of God (1Co. 6:9-10), but will be judged by God (Heb. 13:4). We are commanded to "flee fornication" (1Co. 6:18).
- Scott (Paul Rudd, married) and Hope (Evangeline Lilly, divorced) are shown embracing and kissing
- Hope is shown dressed immodestly, showing cleavage, all throughout the film. In one scene she is wearing form-fitting exercise clothes, and jumps on Scott, wrapping her legs around his neck, and taking him down in a sparring match
- Scott is shown shirtless, and Hope is shown gazing at his body
- A woman is shown sitting provocatively on a man's lap
- Luis gloats of a past sexual encounter he had with a woman named Emily
Theft
This movie promotes violations of the Eighth Commandment. The Bible warns that unrepentant thieves will not inherit the kingdom of God (1Co. 6:9-10). The heroes of this film are proud, confirmed thieves, and yet are explicitly hailed as "the good guys," and their crimes are always portrayed in a positive, humorous light.
- The film begins with Scott's release from being in prison for three years for "breaking and entering" and "grand larceny," crimes for which he is unrepentant
- Scott calls himself "a cat burglar" and "a good thief." He is congratulated and rewarded for successful burglaries
- Luis boasts about having "mad thieving skills," about how he stole not one but "two smoothie machines," and about being welcomed back to the same house he robbed
- Even though Scott tells others he has changed, he agrees to break into a man's home to steal what is in his safe. He and his friends Luis, Dave, and Kurt are shown preparing for the burglary and then carrying it out
- Dave is shown stealing a license plate from someone's car in a scene meant to provoke laughter
- Hank pleads with and ultimately convinces Scott to become the Ant-Man in order to "break into a place and steal" an item that he says needs to be destroyed in order to save the world
Deceit
This movie promotes violations of the Ninth Commandment. The Bible warns that all liars, whom God hates (Pro. 6:16-19; 12:22), shall have their part in the lake of fire (Rev. 21:8).
- Scott is fired for lying to his employer about his past, even his name, which he attempts to justify
- Hank is portrayed as having continuously lied in order to keep his involvement as Ant-Man a secret. When asked, he unashamedly claims it is "just a tall tale."
- Hope is shown scheming with Hank against Darren all throughout the film, whose trust she betrays. She takes advantage of the fact that she has his "complete trust." She is shown lying to him about her whereabouts.
- In order to help break Scott out of jail, Hank lies about being his lawyer
- At the end of the film, because the criminal Scott has "redeemed himself" by saving the world, Paxton (a police officer) lies to his captain about Scott being properly processed, in order to keep him from having to go back to jail
Sinful Content in Ant-Man
Warning! The following table contains direct quotations from the film, which include instances of blasphemy, profanity, and other vices.
| Timestamp | Classification | Character | Quote/Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:01:53 | Profanity | Howard | "He just kicked your ass, full-size." |
| 00:03:47 | Profanity | Luis | "Damn!" |
| 00:05:20 | Profanity | Scott | "Darby, could you just, uh, take care of this idiot?" |
| 00:05:30 | Dale | "Three years at San Quentin, huh? ... Breaking and entering. Grand larceny." (Scott's boss discovered he was in prison, which Scott concealed from him) | |
| 00:05:31 | Deceit | Scott | "You found out. Look, I'm sorry, alright? But no one would hire me. ... I don't do it anymore." (justifying his deceit) |
| 00:05:32 | Deceit | Scott | His name tag says "Jack" (he lied about his name to get a job) |
| 00:07:17 | Profanity | Luis | "Damn." |
| 00:07:18 | Deceit | Luis | "They find out who you are?" (referring to Scott's employer, who fired him because he lied) |
| 00:07:45 | Theft | Scott | "Well, technically, I didn't rob them. Robbery involves threat. I hate violence. I burgled them. I'm a cat burglar." |
| 00:07:51 | Profanity | Dave | "You mean you're a pussy?" |
| 00:11:45 | Profanity | Darren | "Trumped up B.S. to scare the USSR." |
| 00:11:50 | Deceit | Hank | Darren asks, "Hank, will you tell our guests what you told me every single time I asked you, was the Ant-Man real?" Hank replies, "Just a tall tale." |
| 00:14:53 | Immodesty | Hope | Showing cleavage |
| 00:15:00 | Deceit | Hope | (Hope has been scheming with her father Hank against Darren Cross) "We have to make our move, Hank. ... Just give me the suit and let me finish this once and for all. I have Cross' complete trust." |
| 00:16:45 | Profanity | Scott | "Your fiance is an asshat." |
| 00:16:47 | Profanity | Maggie | "He's not an asshat." |
| 00:17:00 | Maggie | "At least he's not a crook." (referring to her fiance, who is not a crook like Scott) Scott replies, "I'm trying, okay? I've changed. I'm straight." | |
| 00:18:30 | Murder | Darren | Shoots Frank, who shrinks and turns into ooze. Darren wipes him off the floor, then flushes him down the toilet, saying, "Goodbye, Frank." |
| 00:19:05 | False Religion | Darren | "You know I've been thinking a lot about gratitude lately, and today during my morning meditation, an interesting thought occurred to me..." |
| 00:20:35 | Theft | Scott | Scott agrees to take on a crime that Luis previously tried pressuring him to do: "I want to know about that tip." Luis responds, "There's an old man, he's got a safe, and he's gone for a week." |
| 00:20:40 | Sexual Immorality | Luis | "He tells me about this girl Emily that we used to kick it with. It was actually the first pair of boobs that I ever touched." |
| 00:21:10 | Sexual Immorality | Woman sitting on a man's lap, provocatively | |
| 00:21:28 | Profanity | Luis | "This guy's got a big-ass safe just sitting in the basement, just chillin." |
| 00:21:32 | Theft | Luis | "Of course Ernesto comes to me because he knows I've got mad thieving skills." |
| 00:22:15 | Theft | Scott, Luis, Dave, and Kurt prepare for their burglary | |
| 00:22:30 | Theft | Dave | Shown stealing someone's license plate in a scene meant to provoke laughter |
| 00:22:52 | Theft | Kurt | "Landline's cut, cell signal's jammed. No one will be making for distress call tonight." |
| 00:23:07 | Theft | Scott | Decked out in burglar gear, proceeds to break in and steal |
| 00:23:10 | Profanity | Dave | "Damn!" |
| 00:23:38 | Theft | Scott | Disables the alarm, saying, "Alarm is dead." Then breaks in |
| 00:26:00 | Theft | Scott | Drilling into the safe |
| 00:27:50 | Hank | Hank, the homeowner, was watching the burglary remotely | |
| 00:29:10 | Theft | Scott | Stole Hank's Ant-Man suit |
| 00:31:38 | Profanity | Scott | "Son of a ..." |
| 00:31:50 | Revelry | Party/rave scene, people dancing | |
| 00:32:58 | Profanity | Cab Driver | "What the hell?" |
| 00:33:24 | Theft | Scott | Returns to break in Hank's house a second time to return the suit he stole, but is arrested by police, "No, I didn't steal anything! I was returning something I stole!" (scene is meant to provoke laughter) |
| 00:33:34 | Paxton | "You know, you almost had us convinced that you were going to change your ways." (speaking to Scott, who is in jail) | |
| 00:33:58 | Deceit | Hank | Hank lies about being Scott's lawyer in order to speak with him in jail |
| 00:34:12 | Theft | Scott | "Sir, I'm sorry I stole the suit." (to Hank) |
| 00:34:30 | Hank | "The way I see it, you have a choice. You can either spend the rest of your life in prison, or go back to your cell and await further instructions. ... Why do you think I let you steal that suit in the first place?" | |
| 00:35:42 | Hypocrisy | Scott's daughter Cassie asks, "Is Daddy a bad man? I heard some grownups say he's bad." Maggie responds, "No. Daddy just gets confused sometimes, you know?" | |
| 00:36:25 | Disdain for Authority | Hank | Delivers the Ant-Man suit to Scott to break him out of jail |
| 00:36:55 | Blasphemy | Scott | "Oh, God!" |
| 00:37:00 | Profanity | Paxton | "Where the hell did he go?" |
| 00:37:29 | Profanity | Hank | "Get on the damn ant, Scott!" |
| 00:39:23 | Theft | Hope | "the last time you were here, you stole something." (speaking to Scott) |
| 00:41:00 | Hank | "I was very impressed with how you managed to get past my security system. Freezing that metal was particularly clever. Scott, I've been watching you for a while, ever since you robbed Vista Corp. ... Vista's security system was one of the most advanced in the business. It was supposed to be unbeatable. But you beat it." | |
| 00:42:00 | Blasphemy | Hank | "I speak to them [ants]. I can go anywhere, hear anything, and see everything." |
| 00:42:08 | Immodesty | Hope | Showing cleavage |
| 00:42:24 | Profanity | Scott | "What the hell is going on and can I go back to jail now?" |
| 00:44:10 | Hank | "Scott, I believe that everyone deserves a shot at redemption. ... Now are you ready to redeem yourself?" | |
| 00:44:27 | Profanity | Scott | "My days of breaking into places and stealing shit are done. What do you want me to do?" |
| 00:44:33 | Profanity | Hank | "I want you to break into a place and steal some shit." (scene meant to provoke laughter) |
| 00:44:33 | Theft | Hank | He wants Scott to commit burglary |
| 00:44:40 | Deceit | Paxton | Receives a text message from jailer: "Lang's 'LAWYER' is Dr. Hank Pym, as in Pym Tech," discovering Hank's lie |
| 00:45:00 | Disdain for Authority | Cassie | Scott's daughter says to Paxton, a police officer, "Are you trying to find my daddy? Hope you don't catch him." |
| 00:46:00 | Theft | Hank | "unless we break in and steal the Yellowjacket, and destroy all the data, Darren Cross is gonna unleash chaos upon the world." |
| 00:46:15 | Scott | "I think our first move should be calling the Avengers." | |
| 00:46:24 | Profanity | Hank | "I'm sure as hell not gonna hand-deliver it to one now." |
| 00:46:55 | Theft | Scott | "Hank, I'm a thief, alright? I mean, I'm a good thief." |
| 00:47:20 | Hope | "He is a criminal!" (referring to Scott) | |
| 00:48:50 | Theft | Hank | Persuading Scott to take on his job of committing burglary: "This is your chance. The chance to earn that look in your daughter's eyes, to become the hero that she already thinks you are. It's not about saving our world. It's about saving theirs." |
| 00:49:10 | Profanity | Scott | "Damn, that was a good speech." |
| 00:49:18 | Hank | "Scott, I need you to be the Ant-Man." | |
| 00:50:10 | Scott | "I was in prison for 3 years, I know how to punch." | |
| 00:50:10 | Immodesty | Hope | In form-fitting exercise clothes, showing cleavage |
| 00:52:10 | Immodesty | Hope, Scott | Sparring |
| 00:53:23 | Immodesty | Hope | Jumps on Scott, wraps her legs around his neck and takes him down |
| 00:53:30 | Immodesty | Scott | Shirtless, Hope gazing at his body |
| 00:55:07 | Disdain for Authority | Hope | Glares at her father, saying, "I don't know why I came to you in the first place." She has been repeatedly opposing her father |
| 00:55:20 | Blasphemy | Hope | "Oh, God." |
| 00:55:48 | Disdain for Authority | Hope | Bad-talking her father to Scott |
| 01:02:29 | Profanity | Scott | "You son of a bitch!" |
| 01:03:21 | Profanity | Sam | "So who the hell are you?" |
| 01:03:35 | Scott | "I need it to save the world." | |
| 01:03:47 | Profanity | Hank | "What the hell are you doing?" |
| 01:05:55 | Theft | Scott | Successfully stole an item from the Avengers headquarters, and is congratulated by Hank and Hope |
| 01:06:41 | Profanity | Hank | "How the hell did you get in here?" |
| 01:08:50 | Deceit | Hope | "I'm at home, why?" (lies to Darren, she was actually hidden at her father's, where he just was) |
| 01:09:13 | Deceit | Hope | Darren: "Thank you, Hope. I'm so lucky to have you on my team." |
| 01:09:13 | Luck | Darren | "I'm so lucky to have you on my team." |
| 01:09:25 | Immodesty | Hope | Showing cleavage |
| 01:09:48 | Scott | "So we expand our team. What do we need? A fake security guard on the inside to depressurize the water system, somebody else to hack into the power supply and kill the laser grid, and a getaway guy." | |
| 01:10:08 | Theft | Luis | "It's not too often that you rob a place and then get welcomed back. Because we just robbed you." (he says, chuckling) |
| 01:10:15 | Theft | Hope | "You know that he was arrested for stealing a smoothie machine, right?" Luis responds, "Two smoothie machines." |
| 01:10:30 | Theft | Dave | "We broke into this spooky-ass house, didn't we?" |
| 01:10:30 | Profanity | Dave | "We broke into this spooky-ass house, didn't we?" |
| 01:10:56 | Profanity | Dave | "Damn!" |
| 01:11:20 | Profanity | Kurt | "This is the work of gypsies." |
| 01:11:22 | Profanity | Dave | "That's witchcraft." |
| 01:11:23 | Profanity | Luis | "That's like some David Copperfield shit." |
| 01:11:25 | Profanity | Dave | "That's some kind of wizardry." |
| 01:11:28 | Profanity | Kurt | "Sorcery!" |
| 01:13:16 | Luis | "Your girlfriend's really hot" (to Scott, about Hope) | |
| 01:13:19 | Blasphemy | Hank | "Oh, my Lord." |
| 01:14:08 | Luck | Scott | "Wish me luck." |
| 01:28:45 | Hypocrisy | Luis | "Are we the good guys?" Scott replies, "Yeah, we're the good guys." |
| 01:29:02 | Profanity | Luis | "Damn it!" |
| 01:36:26 | Profanity | Darren | "Damn it!" |
| 01:39:15 | Profanity | Darren | "It's titanium, you idiot." |
| 01:44:17 | Sexual Immorality | Scott, Hope | Embracing and kissing |
| 01:44:41 | Profanity | Hank | "Scott, you're full of shit." |
| 01:44:56 | Deceit | Paxton | "Scott, I met with my captain today. He wanted a report of the night that you got out of jail. Something happened with the cameras, circuits got fried, but I told him you were processed correctly. ... Can't be sending Cassie's dad back to jail on a technical glitch, right?" |
| 01:46:15 | Immodesty | Woman in minidress | |
| 01:46:19 | Blasphemy | Luis | "Oh, my God!" |
| 01:46:31 | Immodesty | Immodestly dressed woman | |
| 01:46:54 | Profanity | Luis | "this dude sounds like a badass, man" |
| 01:47:13 | Profanity | Luis | "Damn!" |
| 01:47:17 | Profanity | Luis | "did the badass tell the stupid-fine writer chick..." |
| 01:50:17 | Profanity | Hope | "It's about damn time." |
| 01:56:45 | Sam and Steve Rogers are featured in a post-credits scene |