Directed by: Sam Raimi
Genre: Action Adventure, Comic Book,
Release date: June 30, 2004
Running Time: 128 minutes
MMPA rating: PG-13
The Good: Best Spider-Man movie, One of the best comic book movies ever, The Doc Ock vs. Spider-Man fight scene on the train is one of the best in history, One of the best movies of all time, Spectacular acting, Doc Ock is very well developed and one of the greatest villains of all time, Amazing special effects, Similar spectacular soundtrack that captures the feel of swinging though New York city perfectly, The “Rain drops are falling on my head” scene was done perfectly, Even better plot than the first,
The Bad:
Plot: Peter Parker struggles to balance his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man with the demands of his normal life. He loses a job, faces financial difficulties, and struggles to maintain his physics studies at Columbia University. Parker is estranged from both love interest Mary Jane Watson—now a successful Broadway actress—and best friend Harry Osborn, who accuses Spider-Man of murdering his father Norman Osborn, who was secretly the super villain Green Goblin. Parker's Aunt May is threatened with foreclosure, and Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson continues to denounce Spider-Man as a menace to New York City. As a result, Peter starts to think about giving up being Spider-Man, causing his powers to slowly stop working.
Harry, now head of Oscorp's research division, sponsors the research of brilliant nuclear scientist Otto Octavius, Peter's idol. Octavius, who dreams of perfecting fusion power, wears a harness of powerful robotic arms with artificial intelligence for an experiment in sustained fusion. Though the experiment becomes unstable, the arrogant Octavius refuses to halt it, with disastrous results: his wife is killed, the neural inhibitor chip which prevents the arms from influencing Octavius's own mind is destroyed, and the arms are fused to his spine. Unconscious, he is taken to a hospital to have the appendages removed, but the tentacles develop their own ability to move at will and brutally kill the surgeons, and Octavius escapes. The tentacles corrupt Octavius' mind, exploiting his vanity and ego, and lead him to the resolution that he must complete his experiment regardless of the moral cost. To finance his work, Octavius—whom Jameson nicknames "Doctor Octopus" or "Doc Ock"—robs a bank, where he takes Aunt May hostage after she and Peter were trying to refinance her house. Spider-Man battles with Octavius, but struggles in the fight when his powers almost fail him. He manages to save Aunt May, but Octavius escapes with the stolen money.
During a party, Peter learns that Mary Jane is engaged to Jameson's son, renowned astronaut John Jameson, and gets into a fight with a drunken Harry over his loyalty to Spider-Man. As Octavius rebuilds his experimental reactor, Peter's powers remain unreliable. Watch the movie to what happens next.
Plot: 9.8/10- Spider-Man 2’s plot had excellent character development and was very well written.
Action: 9.8/10- The fight scene on the train between Doc Ock and Spider-Man perfectly choreographed with awesome special effects and the other fight scenes were also great.
Acting: 9.9/10- The entire cast had very convincing performances.
Special effects: 9.6/10- The special effects were amazing with Spider-Man’s
Soundtrack: 10/10- The soundtrack is one of the best of all time and every time I hear it I feel like I am swing though the city like Spider-Man there are very few soundtracks that captures the feel of a movie like that. Listen to it below.
Comedy: 8.3/10- Spider-Man 2 is not a comedy but it did have a very humorous scene in the elevator.
Overall: 9.7/10- Overall Spider-Man 2 is an amazing movie that greatly improves over the first movie in every way.
Closing comments: Spider-Man 2 is a movie than everyone should see.
Recommended for: Anyone, Comic Book Movie fans, Action movie fans,
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