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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (12A)
Directed by Marc Webb
4/5
Two years after his hugely successful Spider-Man reboot, which raked in more than $750 million worldwide, comes Marc Webb’s sequel. Overloaded with super villains, its dramatic thread is shockingly moving for a superhero film.
Peter Parker, now wrestling with abandonment issues, embarks on resolving the mystery of his parents’ disappearance after dumping him with his aunt and uncle. And he is haunted — literally — by his girlfriend’s dead father (Denis Leary) who he promised he would keep safe by staying away from her, a promise which Parker battles with throughout the film.
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