ignore the obvious familiarities and you'll have a good time

Rating: Null/10 (14 July 2012)

As a child, Peter Parker's parents abruptly abandoned him, leaving him in the care of his right-minded aunt and uncle. Years later, Peter has become a highly intelligent high school teenager but is still deeply troubled by the absence of his parents. He uncovers a briefcase that allows him to follow in his father's footsteps in a breakthrough study of biological research, but when Peter is bitten by an unusual spider and the research turns out to be much more radical than he anticipated, his life is quickly turned upside down. Reboot/remake of the series that began with Sam Raimi's 2002 original can't avoid some familiarities, and is let down by a long running time and some thinly developed characters, but it's made worthwhile by good casting, nifty special effects, and intense, edge of your seat action scenes. Fun, even though we've pretty much seen it all before. **½