Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Superhero, Comic Book, Love, Mad Scientists, Fantasy, Thieves, School / Campus, Marriage, Hostage, Teenage, Deception, Revenge, Suspense
Tagline: Sacrifice
Plot: Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man® 2, the next installment in the adventure series that began with the 2002 blockbuster Spider-Man, swings into theaters on July 2, 2004. Spider-Man®, a Marvel Enterprises/Laura Ziskin Production, grossed more than $820 million worldwide and became the fifth highest grossing movie in U.S. history. Spider-Man is based on the classic Marvel Comic book character.Spider-Man 2 reunites the filmmakers and cast from the first film, including Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons, along with director Sam Raimi, and producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel's Avi Arad. Stan Lee and Joseph M. Caracciolo serve as executive producers for Spider-Man 2, and Grant Curtis serves as the film's co-producer. Sam Raimi directs Spider-Man 2 from a screenplay by Alvin Sargent and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Michael Chabon, based on a story by David Koepp and Alfred Gough & Miles Millar. In Spider-Man 2, the webslinging superhero encounters a new nemesis, the villainous "Doc Ock," who will be portrayed by Alfred Molina (Frida, Identity). Two years have passed, and the mild-mannered Peter Parker faces new challenges as he struggles with "the gift and the curse," desperately trying to balance his dual identities as the web-slinging
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 Spider-Man 2 is essentially three movies rolled into one: a traditional superhero story, a coming-of-age tale, and a romance.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst are back, but this sorta square Spidey movie doesn't swing.--Charles Taylor (Salon)
Spider-Man 2 reaches a coveted level of entertainment that's difficult to achieve with any film, let alone a comic book film such as this that carries with it great expectations. But is works on every level, Spider-Man 2 is as close to a perfect film as you can get, not just a comic book film. 9/10--Paul Boschen (Movie Marshal)
It’s a rare event where you actually get the pleasure of watching something that improves on everything from the first time around. 10/10--Jason Szabo (Movie Marshal)
...it's loud and exciting, but it never leaves its characters behind. The feat requires more than just an eye for entertainment or a respect for the audience. A---Rob Vaux (Flipsidemovies.com)
'Spider-Man 2's emotionally driven messages of self-sacrifice and heroism are what truly set this one apart. Where the first film hammers the idea that even the most unlikely of individuals can be heroes, the sequel drills home the belief that there is ahero in every one of us - an especially poignant message in this post-9/11 world.  --Joseph Kastner (Movie-Gurus.com)
...best sequel of a comic book adaptation ever made.  --Vince Leo (Qwipster.net)
Honor, duty and service to others are concepts that never get addressed at the movies, much less anywhere else. And so it is surprising to see a tug of war about these ideals contested on 4,000 screens.  --Blake Snyder (MovieWeb)
The film is larger in every way than its already sizeable predecessor, yet succeeds at being widely more intimate. Finely scripted and superbly performed, the film never fails to include true moments of character between its lavishly filmed action sequences... --Christopher Monfette (MovieWeb)
Fans of Raimi’s 'Peter Parker First' approach will be overjoyed with the character depth, while those who crave their wall-crawler’s acrobatic antics in abundance will be happier than with the first film, but will still be hungry for more. --Derek May (MovieWeb)
In the end, there’s enough going on in “Spider-Man 2” to please both die-hards and novices alike. There are plenty of in-jokes for the fans, but you certainly don’t need to see the first film to appreciate the sequel.  --Scott Mantz (MovieMantz.com)
While it may not match up to last year’s superlative The Hulk, Spider-Man 2 is certainly much better than most comic-book drivel, and one of the best films of its kind, at that. It may not be as alive as its predecessor, but shows definite signs of a jumping pulse. --Danny Baldwin (BucketReviews.com)
Most of the time, though, what we have spooling out at two hours or so of screen time is wildly uneven bit of filler that sets up the dynamics of the inevitable sequel.  --Andrea Chase (Killer Movie Reviews)
I wrote of the first "Spider-Man" film that it was "probably the best superhero movie ever made." Now comes the sequel, about which I can make the same assertion, but without the "probably": This is the best superhero movie ever made. Period. A--Eric D. Snider (EricDSnider.com)
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Sam Raimi
Spider-Man, Army of Darkness, A Simple Plan |
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Stan Lee
Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk Returns |
 | Steve Ditko
Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Man 3 |
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Tobey Maguire
Spider-Man, Pleasantville, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas |
 | Kirsten Dunst
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Spider-Man, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles |
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 | Alfred Molina
Raiders of the Lost Ark, Magnolia, The Da Vinci Code |
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Army of Darkness, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Evil Dead II |
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| Does a near-perfect job of amalgamating effects with filmmaking and will definitely set the standard for action movies that want to be both a spectacle and seem real. 87/100 --Jamie Gillies (Apollo Guide)
Overall, I'm quite sure that anyone who enjoyed the first film will appreciate this one with plenty of entertainment value for your buck, a decent amount of action scenes interspersed with plenty of human drama and emotion, laughs here and there, romance, a touch of darkness, a cool baddie and all the spider-webbing that you can sling into your fanboy pants! 7/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
"Spider-Man 2" joins "Shrek 2" as a 2004 blockbuster sequel that's every bit as good -- if not better -- than the original.--Paul Clinton (CNN Showbiz)
It's a real movie, full-blooded and smart, with qualities even for those who have no idea who Stan Lee is. It's a superhero movie for people who don't go to superhero movies, and for those who do, it's the one they've been yearning for.  --Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times)
Holding up to the original, it is weakened by the screenplay and has some cringe-inducing moments, but overall you get exactly what you expect from this film. 8/10--Chris Cappola (Movie Marshal)
Spider-Man 2 ranks on the list with Superman II as one of the best of the super hero movies. It has depth, displaying emotions ranging from sadness to anger to love. --Lee Chase IV (CultureDose.net)
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