A corny sequel full of mediocrity and boring, though a great villain and action scenes

Rating: 4/10 (7 July 2017)

The sequel to the original live-action Spider-Man film has an exciting new villain and updated effects but amps up the corniness and cheesy dialogue to make for a mediocre superhero film. Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) earns a meager paycheck as a pizza delivery man and a freelance photographer while he matriculates the university though he keeps showing up late to everything, even his own birthday party. Surprising him is Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), Harry Osborn (James Franco), and Aunt may (Rosemary Harris). Harry is obsessed with avenging his father's death, Mary Jane is distant after being spurned, and Aunt May struggles to pay her bills. Peter is also late on his rent and has a demanding landlord taking every last dollar he receives.
Peter hopes to write a paper for his science class on the brilliant new scientist Dr. Otto Octavius (Alfred Molina) and his experiment to harness power. Hoping to woo Mary Jane, he tries to attend her play but a high-speed chase sends him on a detour, making him late and the usher (Bruce Campbell) prevents him from going in. The failure disappoints him so much that his powers stop working. At the Dr. Octavius's demonstration, the fusion reaction destabilizes and breaches containment killing Dr. Octavius's wife and exploding the chip on his neck, allowing the artificial intelligence in the four mechanical tentacles to take over before Spider-man can shut it down. Harry funded the experiment and blames Spider-man for the humiliation. The tentacles come alive in an operation to take them off and murder all the surgeons in a brief moment of horror. Doctor Octopus emerges grief stricken from the loss of his wife.
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