Super fun addition to the MCU and Spider-Man reboot

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2017)

Bringing the most popular Marvel superhero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe proved a winning formula with the third iteration of Spider-Man. Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is so excited to be brought into the Avengers by Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) but after the battle in Berlin with Captain America (Chris Evans), Peter returns to a somewhat normal life. Claiming to be part of a Stark internship, he spends his hours at school counting the seconds and brewing web solution in chemistry class and his after school hours swinging around looking for crimes and reporting back to Stark's assistant Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau). He keeps his identity a secret from his Aunt May Parker (Marisa Tomei) but his friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) discovers him crawling across the ceiling of his room. In lieu of a backstory, Ned's questions serve to provide information on the details of Spider-Man's powers.
The story begins with Adrian Toomes (Michael Keaton) salvaging alien technology from the battle in New York with the Chitauri aliens in the first Avengers film. When the government takes his work away, he steals the equipment and builds super weapons with his crew including Phineas Mason the Tinkerer (Michael Chernus), Jackson Brice the first Shocker (Logan Marshall-Green), and Herman Schultz, the second Shocker (Bokeem Woodbine) after Toomes murders Brice with an alien weapon. Peter has his own group at high school in the debate team including the girl he has a crush on Liz (Laura Harrier), the high school bully Flash (Tony Revolori), and the girl too cool for everything Michelle (Zendaya). They keep questioning where Peter goes all the time but he keeps using the excuse of the Stark internship.
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