Spider-Boy: Underwhelming

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2017)

While I appreciate the angle and some of the jokes; this movie was a big let-down for me. Keaton's character Adrian Toomes (aka 'The Vulture') anchors the movie in something meaningful but otherwise it is full of stupid gags and teenage awkwardness. One thing that slightly annoyed me was that there is no mention, reference or flashback to his backstory (the spider bite); regardless, it would have been good to see some of the abilities develop, like the 'spider-sense', which was completely missing from the movie! The twist near the end was decent, but overall the movie meant nothing in the grand scheme of the MCU and there was no interesting link to the next chapter in the series. This movie felt dragged out and pointless. I wanted to see more of the Spider-Man introduced in Civil War but was left feeling short-changed. 2/5.