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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Plot: Peter Parker tries to discover why his parents left him with his Aunt May while battling supervillains as Spider Man.

Review: Now this is an action filled Spider Man movie! The best Spider Man movie by far, and yes I'm counting Tobey Maguire's original trilogy. Andrew Garfield (The Social Network) is very likable and believable as Spider Man/Peter Parker. Emma Stone (Zombieland) is great as Gwen Stacey, Parker's girlfriend. But the movie mostly focuses on the two villains: Electro and the Green Goblin. Electro, who's real name is Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx; Django Unchained) is at first a huge Spider Man fan, after being saved by the hero at the beginning of the movie. Dillon is very smart, but not popular with people always getting pushed around until on his birthday, the bosses want him to check on something at work. There's an accident, he gets electrocuted and becomes Electro. At first he doesn't want to hurt anybody but then people start freaking out at him and he in turn becomes the villain. After a quick fight with Spider Man, he gets apprehended and sent to a mental facility run by Oscorp for experiments.

 

The other villain of the movie, is Harry Osborn/The Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan;Lawless) who's also Peter's friend. Harry finds out from his father that he is dying and in turn tries to get Spider Man's blood to heal himself. But things go bad and eventually becomes The Green Goblin and helps Electro escape to get Spider Man once and for all. The Amazing Spider Man 2 is a great action flick, and is "The Dark Knight" of the series, and is expected to have more sequels follow!

 

Overall: 8/10

Cast:

 

Andrew Garfield: Spider-Man/Peter Parker

Emma Stone: Gwen Stacy

Jamie Foxx: Electro/Max Dillon

Paul Giamatti: Aleksei Sytsevich

Dane DeHaan: Green Goblin/Harry Osborn

Colm Feore: Donald Menken

Felicity Jones: Felicia

Sally Field: Aunt May

 

Writers: Alex Kurtzman & others

Director: Marc Webb

 

Year: 2014

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