Spider-Man: Homecoming (Jon Watts, 2017)

Marvel Cinematic Universe film No. 16 is a second reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, as if that were needed. Clearly Andrew Garfield doing a moody bear-adult wasn't getting the box office returns desired, even though they were more than healthy, so Tom Holland is given a full outing after his supporting turn as the character in Captain America: Civil War as a decidedly junior version, still trying to navigate his way through the standard American movie high school while being nursemaided by Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man. Indeed, his suit is now fitted with Iron Man tech, which is a wholly unnecessary dilution of the unique aspects of the character. Nor is it necessary to be so tokenistic that his love interest is now mixed-race and his best mate a podgy oriental, though the market research would probably disagree, and hence the tone is much lighter, in fact comic almost all the way through. This also means that Spidey quips and commentates almost constantly, which starts out fairly amusing and soon becomes tiresome. Michael Keaton steps to the other side of the hero-villain divide to give him an adversary, but there's no real menace in his persona either. In short, it's strictly for younger kids.

5/10