A long web that finally breaks its ties: Children will love it.

Rating: 4/10 (7 May 2007)

With Sam Raimi's third and final Spider-Man instalment now going strong and selling out Cinema seats quicker than bug repellent at a cockroach convention, this is one off those Summer Block Busters' that shouldn't be missed.
While in every story there is always a beginning, middle and an end, Spider-Man 3 is most definitely the conclusion of this 3-piece saga. A saga that has its roots set in the first two movies, given the opening credits as a gentle reminder.
Spider-Man 3 is a two-act adventure, the first being a reintroduction to our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man and the loves of his life, and also the introduction to his newly acquired enemies such as the New Goblin, Sandman and the toothy Venom.
This first stage of the movie is a somewhat drawn-out affair that more or less tells us what we have already gathered during the first two previous instalments, while it neither progresses the relationships further but it only baits it with false promise and empty smiles.
This, is where Spider-Man 3 can become rather tied up in itself, a story that only centres around, and mostly around its three protagonists, this is a movie that has little distraction over the main three-way love tangle. Everything else is a diversion of the up and coming conclusion toward the ends reality bite and heartbreak.
The bad guys and their relative space here in this movie are more or less not as important as the three main lovebirds and their entwining and volatile relationship. With the help of Messrs New Goblin, Sandman, Venom and a little black substance from the far-flung reaches of space, we are very much aware of the on going love-hate scenario that in its own pace delivers the build up to it second act; the action.
After the initial prologue, the second act then kicks in and the action is then thrown upon us, albeit in its usual mêlée. An action movie that young children will be left in awe and delight. With more bad guys than a spider has legs, this is Spider-Man fighting to the end with all he has. With better cgi this time as compared to the poorer Spider-Man movie of 2002 the lessons have been learnt. With an exciting finale that befits this masked crusader and has the young audience rooting for the spidery superhero and cheering all the right swings and punches.
A great movie for the kid's and a cinema experience that they will cherish for years to come, this is Superhero extreme, a marvel that will carry them onto new adventures and new land's. Spider-Man 3 is a fond farewell and at the same time the grand opening to fresh Heroes and exotic wonderment.