Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Rating: M
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is the final piece of the MCU/Sony trilogy,
all in under five years. It’s also Holland’s 6th time playing Peter Parker
and essentially serves as ‘Doctor Strange’ 1.5, bridging to ‘Multiverse of
Madness’ next year. This film picks up right where ‘Farm From Home’ left off,
with the world now knowing Peter is Spider-Man, which make things very
difficult for him, MJ (Zendaya), Aunt May (Marisa Tomei), Ned (Batalon) and
Happy (Favreau).
Peter goes to Dr Strange (Cumberbatch) for some magical help,
which triggers a multiverse “issue”, with – I don’t think this is a spoiler
after all the trailers & press – villains from the pre-MCU Spider-Man films
being pulled into the MCU. This includes Dr Octopus (Molina), Green Goblin
(Dafoe), Electro (Foxx), Sandman (Haden Church) and Lizard (Ifans) all trying
to figure out why this Spider-Man is different. It borrows a bit from ‘Into the
Spider-Verse’, which is a good thing, as that film is superb. Along with them,
the big reveal is that the multiverse Peter Parker’s – Toby Maguire (now 46)
and Andrew Garfield (now 38) – are also pulled into this world. This provides
both some funny and insightful moments.
Peter’s close to losing control a few times here, and the final
act does a good job of raising the stakes and helping him realise his role, his
morality and mortality. There’s quite a few touching moments, and with all MCU
films, the ensemble works well here – it’s great watching Peter, MJ and Ned
together, and it’s not too corny having the other two Spider-Men involved. Dafoe
reminds us of what a good actor he is. All the throw-back villains and Maguire/Garfield
could’ve made this seem like a lame cash-grab, but it really works. I had great
time and enjoyed the simultaneous happy and sad ending.
Overall: Excellently-executed Spider-Man story.
Gav's Rating: 4.5 stars.
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