![]() ![]() While it piles the villainy and jeopardy high, it doesn't neglect the series' heart: Tom Holland's Peter, and his ongoing struggle to do the right thing by his friends and family, even though doing so invariably seems to make things worse. However, there is far more to the movie than wittily executed fan service. ![]() At one point, it's almost like an above average SNL sketch: Spidey's various foes all gathering together to snipe and compare notes. But, in keeping with the previous Jon Watts films, the joy of seeing them all returned is less felt in the action sequences - which occasionally become crowded and confusing with all the lightning and sand and pumpkin bombs - than it is in the sparky, snappy dialogue. Which, with the help of Marvel's de-aging magic, solves the problem of how a new film would cast better than Willem Dafoe as Spider-Man’s Green Goblin (who wisely ditches the Power Rangers mask early on), or the mighty Alfred Molina as Spider-Man 2’s Doctor Octopus. As you'll know from the trailers, thanks to a spell-gone-sideways, No Way Home brings back almost all the villains from the pre-MCU movies.
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