Plot
Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains against him, impacting on his life.
Release Year: 2014
Rating: 7.7/10 (28,029 voted)
Critic's Score: 58/100
Director: Marc Webb
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
Storyline
We've always known that Spider-Man's most important conflict has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that his greatest battle is about to begin. It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp. Directed by Marc Webb. Produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach. Screenplay by Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci & Jeff Pinkner. Screen...
Writers: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Cast: Andrew Garfield -
Spider-Man /
Peter Parker
Emma Stone -
Gwen Stacy
Jamie Foxx -
Electro /
Max Dillon
Dane DeHaan -
Green Goblin /
Harry Osborn
Colm Feore -
Donald Menken
Felicity Jones -
Felicia
Paul Giamatti -
Aleksei Sytsevich
Sally Field -
Aunt May
Embeth Davidtz -
Mary Parker
Campbell Scott -
Richard Parker
Marton Csokas -
Dr. Ashley Kafka
Louis Cancelmi -
Man in Black Suit
Max Charles -
Young Peter Parker
B.J. Novak -
Alistair Smythe
Sarah Gadon -
Kari
Filming Locations: Ironhead Studio, Los Angeles, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $200,000,000
(estimated)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The film's mid-credits scene teases X-Men: Days of Future Past, produced by 20th Century Fox, while The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is produced by Sony/Columbia Pictures. This is because the director Marc Webb has a contract with Fox to make another film for them after the first Amazing Spider-Man movie, but instead of doing so, he signed to do TASM2. This was allowed by Fox, IF Sony would agree to promote their next X-Men movie, for free. See more »
Goofs:
When Aunt May is talking to Peter about doing the washing, she is holding a sandwich with lots of lettuce leaves sticking out of the top. She passes it to Peter and the next shot shows him holding the sandwich but it has no salad leaves of any sort. See more »
Quotes:
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User Review
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Rating: 5/10
I can't say I went in to the theater with high hopes. I did enjoy the
first installment of this unnecessary reboot, almost anything seemed
like a step up from "Spiderman 3", and Garfield felt way more natural
than Maguire, and Emma Stone is always welcome. But after seeing the
first trailer I thought it seemed like a total mess, and I wasn't
convinced by Electro one bit. Unfortunately I was spot on, I hoped to
at least get an enjoyable time at the cinema with my friends, but ended
up feeling quite uncomfortable and laughing throughout most of the
film.
Garfield and Stone has their chemistry and does their best with the
incredibly thin script and cheesy one-liners, but their potential quite
beautiful scenes together gets lost in the over-full and messy plot. I
can't buy an emotional scene that is interrupted by heavy dub-step and
a blue electric guy.
Oh Jamie Foxx, how did you go from Django to this? Before he goes all
CGI-Electro he tries to play the nerdy unseen scientist (with a worse
comb-over than Christian Bale's 'Hustle'-look). As Electro it's hard to
say how much is his fault, and what can be blamed on the rest, I'd go
with the rest. You don't sympathize with him nor do you believe how
fast he becomes this super-villain.
Everything that Dane DeHaan did so well in "Chronicle" just feels
unnatural and (maybe not misplaced, but wrong) here. And his character
development is way too rushed and quite unnecessary for this film, it
just becomes another sub-plot standing in the way of what really
matters.
Sally Field does good work as Aunt May, but leaves no lasting mark.
Paul Giamatti's Russian criminal is just in the way and only gives a
couple of dreadful and laughable scenes. And then there's the mad
German scientist named Kafka and I rest my case.
The action and visuals isn't bad, but still doesn't make up for the low
"trying to be Marvel"-comedy and horrific soundtrack, a soundtrack that
almost itself destroys the film throughout the exhausting 142 minutes.
And sometimes it feels like the movie is taking us as an audience to be
stupid, with pointers to what is going to happen. I would like to say
that you might enjoy it if you just try and see it for what it is, but
it's hard, but hopefully possible! It had an interesting start, with a
glimpse inside the past and Peter's parents, but it's left
underdeveloped, as is almost everything else, to make room for all its
action and villains.
It's amazing how the difference between two big-budget superhero-movies
can be so huge, if you put this against "Captain America: The Winter
Soldier", a great and, opposed to this one, original film.
Oh how I wish that Marc Webb could have continued with a "(500) Days of
Summer"-esque movie instead, he could keep the sub-plots starring
Garfield, Stone and DeHaan, and it could very well be a great film, and
probably not such a waste of talent.
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