The well-trodden Marvel universe gets some further Spider-Man love with a film that packs more superhero fun than all the other Spider-Man films put together. Here you get not just one but seven web-slinging Spideys … and they're all from different universes.
I'm sure the superhero-fatigued will be rolling their eyes about now. But stay with me here, because this flick is the perfect tonic for the Marvel-weary. Take it from me—an ardent eye-roller of the spandex clad — this movie is brilliant!
An origins story of sorts, this animated tale introduces a new Spider-Man, teenage Brooklyn graffiti artist Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), who is (yes) bitten by a radioactive spider, endowing him with special powers.
New to the webbed gig, Miles struggles with his newfound powers but when a crack opens in the space-time continuum, five other Spidey iterations from wildly different parallel universes pour in to help.
Among them a female version, Spider Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), and her male counterpart, Peter Parker, who both offer their assistance. One problem; this version of Peter Parker has gone to seed and is a burger-scoffing, sweatpant-wearing slob who's given up on hero-ing (Jake Johnson is perfectly cast here).
