So, part two of what was supposed to be a five part series of Spiderman movies tying into the Marvel cinematic universe but poor box office performance put an end to that, and it shows as throughout the movie as there are a lot of minimally developed threads such as Peters initial friendship with Harry Osborn and Electro developing into a member of the Sinister Six which gives the whole film a very rushed feel where so much is crammed in but with no substance. To give the movie some small credit it still felt more akin to the comic books than the original trilogy, particularly with the Peter/Gwen relationship tale. Andrew Garfield does give another good portrayal of the webslinger despite the manic script but wasting an actor like Jamie Foxx with the pitiful plot for Electro was hideous to watch. The relationship with Harry Osborn was non existent with the Green Goblin feeling more like a spoiled child rather than some supervillian and what was the point in introducing Rhino as he has almost no screen time so I can only assume these were parts of the story that the next movie was supposed to pick up on but we’ll never know. Wouldn’t recommend this at all unless you’re big into your super hero movies. Perhaps the next re-iteration, currently penciled in for next year, will fare better.

DJ Speaks Rating: 5.5 out of 10