Spider-Man: Far From Home
Spidey’s sequel is a web of wonder
Shortly after Spider-Man: Far From Home became the most financially successful Spider-flick to date, news broke that ol’ webhead would no longer be part of the MCU. Thankfully Disney and Sony have since sorted things out and we’ll be getting a third film – because a series this good deserves to continue.
Picking up eight months after Avengers: Endgame which (spoiler alert!) saw half of life in the universe snapped back into existence by Tony Stark’s act of self-sacrifice, in Far From Home Peter Parker and his classmates are whisked away to Europe for a school trip. But Peter’s plans to take the summer off are interrupted by Nick Fury, who needs Earth’s remaining Avenger to team up with Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio and take down the Elementals threatening the planet.
A blast from start to finish, Far From Home deals with the fallout from Endgame in meaningful (and hilarious) ways – most notably the effect that the loss of Stark’s father figure has on Peter, and the responsibility he must shoulder in the void left behind. Jake Gyllenhaal, meanwhile, is clearly having a hoot as Mysterio – a classic comic book character satisfyingly updated for the 21st century.
It’s a film that occasionally prioritises hollow CGI spectacle over deeper characterdriven action beats, and there are twists you’ll see coming a mile off, but Far From Home proves Marvel Studios understands Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s wall-crawler like few others. Jordan Farley