Better Than Darkman

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 2002)

Upon hearing that Sam "Xena" Raimi was directing the big screen treatment of Spider Hyphen Man, I was shocked. Of course I loved the Evil Dead series, but everything he's done since then has bit the big one. However I really did enjoy Spider Hyphen Man. It had some amazing action sequences and an okay plot which is all you can really ask for in a big summer movie. As for Mary Jane though, I just don't get why people think you have to be a damn supermodel to be in a movie like this. She was fine. Before I go I do have to vent two gripes...One, the CG used in certain scenes (i.e. when Peter goes after the robber) was a little too XBOX for me. And two, Mary Jane is a tramp! I lost count of how many boyfriens she mowed through. Overall though, very fun.