Storyline
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood.
Directors
Cast
J.K. Simmons, Elizabeth Banks, Stan Lee, Elya Baskin, Phil LaMarr, Scott Spiegel, James Franco, Dylan Baker, David Boston, Michael Arthur, Brent Briscoe, Tim Storms, Dan Callahan, Willem Dafoe, Brianna Brown, Joel McHale, Reed Diamond, Ted Raimi, Alfred Molina, Molly Cheek, Bruce Campbell, Garrett Warren, Aasif Mandvi, Gregg Edelman, Bonnie Somerville, Tobey Maguire, Hal Sparks, Vanessa Ferlito, Joy Bryant, Marc John Jefferies, John Landis, Daniel Dae Kim, Peyton List, Peter McRobbie, Calvin Dean, Donna Murphy, Dan Hicks, Anne Betancourt, Rosemary Harris, Christine Estabrook, Roshon Fegan, Taylor Gilbert, Timothy Patrick Quill, Bill Nunn, Tom Carey, Joanne Baron, Bill E. Rogers, Chloe Dykstra, John Paxton, Louis Lombardi, Emily Deschanel, Spencer List, Kirsten Dunst, Daniel Gillies, Scott Ross, Cindy Cheung, Joey Diaz, Julia Max, Donnell Rawlings, Lou Volpe, Cliff Robertson, Bill Calvert, Mageina Tovah, Brendan Patrick Connor, Susie Park, Tony Campisi, Kelly Connell, Timothy Jerome, Elyse Dinh, Tricia Peters, Peter Allas, Frank Bonsangue, Andre M. Johnson, Peter Cincotti, Troy Metcalf, Wesley Volcy
Trailer
Reviews
100
Variety
The pleasure is doubled in Spider-Man 2. Crackerjack entertainment from start to finish, this rousing yarn about a reluctant superhero and his equally conflicted friends and enemies improves in every way on its predecessor and is arguably about as good a live-action picture as anyone's ever made using comicbook characters.
100
Amazingly, it's not all the visual splendor or killer action sequences that elevate Spider-Man 2 above its predecessor and almost every superhero movie that has come before.
100
With special effects so convincing you don't even think about them, a head-case hero and a three-dimensional villain who is his equal, socko Spider-Man 2 has something for everyone.
91
Forget "Raising Helen" and "The Notebook," this is the movie summer's most touching young romance.
90
The Hollywood Reporter
It's refreshing to witness a superhero with doubts. Maguire and Dunst again display the depth of talent they bring to these roles by injecting such everydayness into larger-than-life characters.
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