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The reason, as Chris McKenna and Erik SommersвЂ™ screenplay tries to explain, is that this version of Peter is still dealing with MysterioвЂ™s death. As a critic who grew up on movies in which the bad guys were routinely impaled (Tony Goldywn in вЂњGhostвЂќ), decapitated (Dennis Hopper in вЂњSpeedвЂќ) or otherwise made to pay dearly for their sins, itвЂ™s fascinating to encounter an escapist Hollywood offering that seeks to understand the root of these charactersвЂ™ megalomaniacal behavior.

A LONG WAY HOME ROTTEN TOMATOES MOVIE

PeterвЂ™s empathy seems perfectly fitting for a movie that targets a fresh wave of idealistic teens very much engaged with questioning everything Western civilization thought it knew about crime and punishment, power and privilege.

Instead, Peter hopes to вЂњcureвЂќ the goons of the mutations that are making them unhappy, even if it means defying Doctor Strange (one of several characters on loan from the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe, in which HollandвЂ™s Spider-Man has been making now-regular appearances). вЂњNo Way HomeвЂќ keeps the surprises coming up to (and even through) the end credits, but perhaps the most unexpected is PeterвЂ™s decision - together with girlfriend MJ ( Zendaya) and best bud Ned (Jacob Batalon) - not to defeat these villains the way his predecessors did. Meanwhile, to make things easier for Spider-Man to manage, none is even remotely as intimidating as we remember them. To make things a little easier for the movie to manage, itвЂ™s really only the villains who answer StrangeвЂ™s calling - which is impressive enough, considering that means enlisting Alfred Molina (Doc Ock), Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin), Jamie Fox (Electro), Thomas Haden Church (Sandman) and Rhys Ifans (The Lizard) to reprise their roles. Instead, the plan backfires, calling everyone who ever knew that Peter was Spider-Man out of their dimension and into his.

Desperate to protect his family and friends, Peter appeals to all-powerful wizard Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) to cast a spell that will make everyone forget his identity. It all happens because PeterвЂ™s life has been turned upside down by Mysterio (the bad guy he vanquished at the end of вЂњFar From HomeвЂќ two years ago), who managed to unmask Spidey before biting the dust. But whereas that toon suggested infinite paths for the character going forward, вЂњNo Way HomeвЂќ serves to wrap up what has come before, starting by reviving SpideyвЂ™s past adversaries, forcing HollandвЂ™s Peter Parker to face off against five of the villains pulled in from the movies that preceded him. Granted, the idea should be familiar to anyone who saw 2018вЂ™s animated вЂњSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,вЂќ which introduced the thrilling possibility that virtually anyone could be Spidey.

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