Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr, Marisa Tomei, John Favreau
Director: Jon Watts (Cop Car)
Plot: Shortly after the events of Civil War, Peter Parker (Holland) is getting used to the high tech suit that Tony Stark (Downey) had given him. He is having a hard time dealing with his powers as well as his responsibilities as a student. In the midst of this, he stumbles across an illegal high-tech weapons selling deal headed by the Vulture (Keaton), and will attempt to take it down.
Review: This is the second reboot of Spider-man, and the third version of him in fifteen years. But this one still manages to seem fresh. Homecoming more closely resembles a high school comedy that happens to be about a web-slinging superhero.
Tom Holland plays the title character as more of a kid than any other incarnation. We see this from the beginning, with video footage from his camera, where he is excitedly recording the events of Civil War. He retains this innocent charm throughout. He's just an awkward teenager, trying to balance his life as a superhero with his normal life.
There is plenty of humor here, often in the style of many teen comedies (including a not-so-subtle nod to Ferris Bueller's Day Off). But there's also a decent amount of action as well. The villain here is somewhat of a sympathetic character, with an understandable motive for what he does, which places him above many similar supervillains.
I'd say this is one of the better Spider-man movies. It is about as good as the first two Sam Raimi movies. I would recommend it as a great superhero movie.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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