Much better than the first!

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 2004)

Holding no hopes what so ever for this movie, I walked into the theaters. I did not enjoy the first one at all in the least bit and would rather watch evolution take place or see water evaporate. But this was NOT the case with this movie.
Though there are some scenes are a bit on the slow side they are redeemed by GREAT action sequences.
The movie revolves around Peter Parker trying not only to deal with juggling a friend/family relationship, job and school but also with being Spider-Man. He looses his job, can't pay the rent and is only more discouraged when Mary Jane Watson, the love of his life, agrees to marry another man.
The intertwining theme of Doctor Otto Octavius comes into play as well. During a demonstration of his latest work, everything goes wrong and the mechanical arms are fused onto him.
As the movie opens, Peter looses his job, can't pay the rent and realizes that his spider powers are fleeting. When the Doc Ock situation occurs and MJ marrying another man, Peter decides to through in the towel or the suit, rather.
Doc Ock decides to recreate his experiment to make him stronger and to level half of New York. But in order to do so he must go back to the company that funded the original experiment to obtain a compound to run the machine Oz Corp.
Harry, still raw from his father's murder, decides to give the compound to the insane villain but only if he brings Harry Spider-Man Alive.
Spider-Man soon swings back into action when MJ is kidnapped by the Doctor, bribing Peter into bringing Spider-Man to him.
Sam Raimi lets his inner horror movie maker show in the operation scene. Raimi, who wrote and directed the Evil Dead series, gives frequent camera shots and odd angles to give you that horror movie feel when the surgeons try to remove the mechanical arms only to be slaughtered.
The movies peek is truly a triumph for Raimi. The scene really out did what could be expected for most movies. The train scene manages to throw so many different elements at you. With not only stylized action but also Spider-Man's facial exposure to those on the train.
Though at times the movie's dialogue and scenes lag and acting is dry the movie is all around a great film. It may not be Hollywood gold but it sure is a precious gem.
A- : The movie was great and had many twists in its end.