Film Review – Spider-Man: No Way Home

2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and 2019’s “Spider-Man: Far From Home” did a sensational job creating excitement for the world of the eponymous superhero. Director Jon Watts found ways to freshen up the Marvel Cinematic Universe routine, making the character feel like a real teenager as Peter Parker juggles the demands of adolescence and bravery, with the two pictures generating a rich collection of personalities and action set pieces, making time with the wall-crawler irresistible. Such vibrancy of spirit is slightly diminished for “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which doesn’t choose to remain with Parker’s quest for identity, instead aiming to create “Avengers”-style event cinema with the ways of the “multiverse,” and all the chaos and franchise surprises it contains. “No Way Home” is definitely a big screen ride, out to delight hardcore fans of Spider-Man’s cinematic adventures, but after the sugar rush of “Homecoming” and “Far From Home,” the new installment is decidedly heavier in tone and ambition, trying to create colossal challenges that tend to distract from the core appeal of the earlier chapters. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com