With the appeal of Spider-Man to kids above and beyond that of almost all other superheroes, and the way the comics have both cultivated and exploited this, with multiple versions of the character, it was inevitable that they would make it into cinematic form. It also figures that computer game-style animation is the only way to go about it, since having infant anime and comedy pig Spider-People amongst the line-up would hardly have worked within the confines of the real universe. That said, it turns out to be surprisingly good fun at times, centring on the teenage Miles Morales version as a way of still sneaking in the eternal bane of the comic-book film, the origin story, but then zipping along with some inventive visuals until caving into the all-out whizzbang hypercolour action of the final fight with the Kingpin, anguished villain of the week, and wrapping up with the usual homilies. Strictly for kids, of course, but not the most painful thing an adult will ever have to sit through either.
6/10
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