A lot before the expected reunion of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) with his ‘Gwen’ Stacy (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld), we are thrown into the latter’s reality first to go through the ‘disagreement’ phase she’s having with her policeman father (Shea Whigham). She battles with a Vulture (Jorma Taccone) who’s sucked into her universe because Spidey & friends broke the multiverse last time around.

Gwen meets Miles only to let him know he can’t be a part of an ‘Elite Spider-Society’ led by Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac). Imagine Spidey’s girl coming in from another universe to tell him she’s part of a group that can’t accept him; he’d, of course, go across the spiderverse to prove things. He does the same while facing Spot (Jason Schwartzman), a bizarrely off-kilter baddie constantly fighting to be more than a ‘Villain Of The Week’. While on the quest to solve a ‘multiverse’ problem, Miles meets a large bundle of Spider-Men from different universes. Are they helping in any way to reach a conclusion? That’s the crux of the story.

Reviews

1. The animation, flow of everything, genius character development, and action were all electrifying! This is one of the best Spider-Man adaptions deserving of the high ratings entirely. I love all the portals connecting to other dimensions and Spot is such a fun villain. Shemeik Moore, Hailee Steinfield, Jake Johnson, and Oscar Issac among everyone else was superb so much talent this movie better be nominated for best animated feature like the previous one was years back deserving of its win! For a movie that’s fairly long it stayed entertaining from start to finish and keeps you wanting more, I loved it all so much.

   Also since this review is doing well I have autism and would love any opportunity to be more known in the world! My real name is Alex Nolan and I crave movies a lot since I was quite young. I wish I could work on movies and spend time with famous people.

2. If it wasn’t already obvious in the first film, it’s now officially clear as day that the people behind the Spider-Verse franchise (including writers/producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who are absolute creative godsends to the once magnificent place known as Hollywood) understand EXACTLY what they’re working with.

   Don’t let the marketing fool you: this film has GUTS. It’s easily one of the heaviest PG-rated films I’ve ever seen. Payoffs and character revelations that were only hinted at in the first film are carefully, deliberately unraveled and come around beautifully. It made me think about my own life and what I mean to the people I care about in ways I never expected. The fan-service is BATTY too, and yet somehow it’s never too much.

   I wish every movie was as good as this—but then again if the world was like that this wouldn’t feel as special. So I’ll just stick to being IMMENSELY grateful that it exists in this universe.

   This is no ordinary sequel. It’s art of the highest form.

3. This film is a visual concert. The animation and character design neatly put me to tears. The opening of the film took an approach that shocked me, but it was fantastic to watch. Many of the jokes were in the trailers, but plenty caught me off guard in the cinema. Miguel even had a couple of funny moments. The presence of existing spider characters, such as snippets of the other films, did feel somewhat strange I have to admit. However, it is made up for in how incredible this film was. It was artistic, mature, adult, and profound. It leaves the viewer on a cliffhanger that shocked me. I thought I was an hour into the film, but it was the end. I implore everyone wondering if they should see this film to do so. Easily the best film I have seen in a long time and the best film to see in theaters. A true masterpiece.