Not greater than the sum of its parts

Rating: 4/10 (20 April 2014)

Off the starting line here, let me address that the film being marketed is essentially not the film you get. The entire "Enemies unite, and his ultimate battle begins" is not what happens here. In-fact the poster where Spiderman is facing off against Electro, Green Goblin, and Rhino, is a border-line breach of trading standards when you have seen the film. They only ever fight him individually, and at separate points in the film. Also, the new Rhino, including the scenes heavily used in all the trailers - only appears as the CLOSING SCENE of the film. With that information out the way, is the film any good? Not particularly. Andrew and Emma are wonderful together on screen and keep the film alive, but whenever the film is left to be carried by the male cast it is left for dead because the script, the characters... it just isn't there. It's a series of convenient events that just happen in order, to reach the end and set up a hopefully superior part 3. A wasted opportunity with a cast that were not given the right tools they needed to do their job - a decent story and script.