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Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons
Sam Raimi is back behind the lens, as he carefully tries to re-create the recipe that made Spider-Man the box office champ of 2002. He succeeds at this for the most part, as he works his blend of humor, action, and touching drama and mixes it all up in a Big Apple bowl. The cast of #1 is back with a few additions, the most notable of which is Alfred Molina as premier Spidey villain, Doc Ock. This film is a little darker than its predecessor, and gets a little heavy at times for a light comic book action film.
Tobey Maguire is back as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and if you thought he his life was rough at times before, wait until you see the first half hour of this one, as poor Peter deals with money issues, problems with girls (still M.J. – Kirsten Dunst), friends, family, bosses, landlords, school and even laundry. If this guy got cancer, it would be a step up! Yup, his life is falling apart, and on top of that, he’s seems to be losing his super powers. There are more street musicians with Spider-Man tunes, more run ins with the fantastically amusing J. Jonah Jameson (J.K. Simmons) and yet another awwww moment with his NYC neighbors. Alfred Molina is Otto Octavius, a scientist working on fusion with the help of four intelligent and ultra powerful artificial arms. But, uh oh, something goes wrong, he goes crazy and the Webslinger has another scrap on his hands. Yup, its just like the first one.
Spider-Man 2 set out to give its fans exactly what they liked in the first outing and they succeeded, too well actually. This almost feels like a scene for scene clone of the first film, though it has a new villain and some new ideas for action scenes, which really pick up in act 3 (last 30-45 mins). The end result will win over fans of the first Spider-Man. Thankfully there were plenty of those, because no new ones will be gained here.
