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Even with coming into this movie with low expectations, I still found myself bored, confused and a little insulted by Sony’s latest attempt to mine their Spider-Man movie franchise for all its worth. There isn’t much to the plot outside of what the trailers show. There’s a bit of a slow start and then things pick up for a little while before stalling out for some oddly timed backstory/exposition stuff and then a lame final action sequence. The action falls flat across the board, and none of the characters have much charisma on their own nor any chemistry with each other. There’s also a ton of plot holes that drain the story of any real cohesion. The concept of what is basically an evil Spider-Man being the antagonist had potential, but it’s rarely properly used. (Not to mention Cassie’s powers are vaguely defined, and they go from something out “Final Destination” to a nonsensical new level by the end.) The final nail in the coffin is all the Spider-Man references shoe-horned into the film that literally had me rolling my eyes at times.
*1/2 out of *****