The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Marc Webb, 2014)

Not so much as sequel of the reboot as a retread, this has Peter and Gwen continuing their interminably on-off relationship while a new villain in the form of Jamie Foxx's Electro turns up. There's some guff about what really happened to the hero's parents, i.e. the corporate conspiracy model, and then it's to wisecracking which is barely audible at times over the thunderous CGI. The fights seem to be capable of reducing all supposedly diverse superpowers to roughly the same: everyone has ultra-fast reflexes, unnatural strength and things to shoot at each other. It's the same as everyone in the movies knowing martial arts these days and would be such a nice change if the villain were a myopic weed or something. I digress, but then there's really nothing more to say about these films. It's as efficiently put together as its counterparts, the quips are fine and the two young leads soldier on gamely. Nuff said.

4/10