Not as good as it was spun up to be.

Rating: 7/10 (20 January 2003)

I was rather disappointed by this movie. Once again I think the hype surrounding it raised my expectations too high and led to an inevitable anti-climax when I saw it.
Don't get me wrong, it's a very watchable movie. Plenty of action and effects and with passable enough acting. Just not as good as it was spun up to be (sorry about the pun!)
Nice to see Sam Raimi's trademark of action-comedy being continued rather nicely here, though. And it's always cool to see Bruce Campbell getting his usual cameo roles.
I only hope that Spiderman 2 will not become just a simple action-fest devoid of plot.