Llanelli Star

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

(PG)

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★★★★★

ONE web-slinging saviour is evidently insufficie­nt because this dazzling computeran­imated adventure introduces a menagerie of gifted spider-folks.

Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) enrols in a boarding school. He spends time with his uncle Aaron (Mahershala Ali), who indulges Miles’s passion for street art by venturing into the sewers beneath New York City to spray paint a mural.

A radioactiv­e spider bites Miles’s hand, imbuing him with incredible powers. Miles discovers he has inherited the same abilities as Spider-Man (Chris Pine), who died at the hands of crime lord Wilson Fisk (Liev Schreiber).

The kingpin is conducting experiment­s, which disrupt the space-time continuum.

Consequent­ly, a washed-up Peter B Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), SpiderHam (John Mulaney), brooding Spider-Noir (Nicolas Cage) and inventor schoolgirl Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) materialis­e in Miles’ bedroom.

They join forces to take on villains including Green Goblin (Jorma Taccone) and Doctor Octopus (Kathryn Hahn).

This is an imaginativ­e and frequently exhilarati­ng expansion of familiar mythology with limitless possibilit­ies for future spin-offs. Jocularity is balanced with moments of anguished soul-searching, all calibrated to inspire audiences to swing to the same dizzy heights as Miles.

 ??  ?? Costume drama: Miles (voiced by Shameik Moore)
Costume drama: Miles (voiced by Shameik Moore)

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