May 31, 2023
In her dimension, Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld)'s Spider-woman persona was accused of killing Peter Parker. The policeman most obsessed on apprehending Spider-woman was Gwen's very own father, police captain George Stacy (Shea Whigham). When Gwen was cornered, there appeared ninja vampire Spider-Man 2099 Miguel O'Hara (Oscar Isaac) and pregnant African-American Spider-woman Jessica Drew (Issa Rae) to help her escape.
Back in his dimension, Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) was in trouble with his parents Jefferson (Bryan Tyree Henry) and Rio (Luna Lauren Velez), and was being grounded for two months. However, Miles cannot ignore the threat posed by a criminal entity calling himself "The Spot" (Jason Schwartzmann), whose body, after a technical accident in his lab, became covered with black holes which could transport him to other dimensions.
From the eclectic ever-shifting fonts and designs within the opening credits, we can immediately foresee the smorgasbord of artistic styles that made this sequel to the critically-acclaimed "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (2018) an animator's pipe dream realized. The film opened with canvass painting-style scenes from Gwen's dimension, then shifted to a modern computer-animation style in Miles' dimension, and so on.
Each and every Spider-Man character in the Spider-Verse had his or her own distinct look and style. The most striking of them all was that of Hobie Brown (Daniel Kaluuya), also known as Spider-Punk. His cool character stood out from everything else because it looked like it was drawn on a separate piece of paper and then animated. Among the villains, aside from kinetic The Spot, the Renaissance-style art of the Vulture (Jorna Taccone) was also remarkable.
Directed by three filmmakers in their feature film directorial debut, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, this sequel looks well-poised to follow in the Oscar-winning footsteps of its predecessor. The animation was frenetically-paced during the exhilarating chase scenes, and emotionally-touching in the dramatic parts. All the references to multiple incarnations of Spider-Man from comics, TV, film and games will keep fans giddy and alert. 9/10.
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