As this film "Spider-Man: Far from Home" follows "Spider-Man: Homecoming" '17, it also continues where "Avengers: Endgame" '19 left off. Of course, this is all part of the Marvel Comic Universe (MCU) and even though I'm not overly fond of the 'comic book' film, all of the Marvel films seem to be connected in some shape, form or fashion, which makes them intriguing.
Peter Parker (Tom Holland) returns in "Spider-Man: Far from Home", the next chapter of the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" series! Our friendly neighborhood Super Hero decides to join his best friends Ned (Jacob Batalon), MJ (Zendaya), Flash Thompson (Tony Revolori) and the rest of the gang on a European vacation. However, Peter's plan to leave super heroics behind for a few weeks are quickly scrapped when he begrudgedly agrees to help Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) uncover the mystery of several elemental creature attacks creating havoc across the continent. Even with the help from a being from another universe, Mysterio/Quentin Beck (Jake Gyllenhaal), the task still seems in surmounting.
Others to round out the cast are Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Marisa Tomei as May Parker, Peter's aunt, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Angourie Rice as Betty Brant, Remy Hii as Brad Davis, Martin Starr as Mr. Harrington, JB Smoove as Mr. Dell, Jorge Lendeborg Jr. as Jason Ionello and Numan Acar as Dimitri.
This was helmed by a director that doesn't have a great amount of feature film work, Jon Watts ("The Scariest Show on Television" (TV movie) '08, "Eugene!" (TV movie) '12, "Spider-Man: Homecoming" '17) plus tons of TV and shorts. Obviously, since this filmmaker directed "Spider-Man: Homecoming", it was a slam dunk that he helm this film so as to give more of a direct connection between the two films. Certainly the incredible amount of TV and shorts he has as experience has served him well, because to see how clear and well paced these characters are shows he has learned what it takes to get his actors to emit the emotions to make the characters come alive. He has made his niche in the MCU. It was effectively written by Chris McKenna ("Igor" '08, "The Lego Batman Movie" '17, "Spider-Man: Homecoming" '17, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" '17, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" '18) plus TV and Erik Sommers ("Cuz-Bros" (TV movie) '14, "The Lego Batman Movie" '17, "Spider-Man: Homecoming" '17, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" '17, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" '18) plus TV, based on the Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. These two writers are virtually a team involved in their collaborating and considering their respective experience, one can understand why there was a fair amount of humor in this. Certainly, comedy in these types of films has profited nicely. It all started with "Guardians of the Galaxy" and has mushroomed since. The other comic book films have humor, however not to the point that the comedy would necessarily be integral as far as I have noticed. The humor only helps. Think about it: the 'comic book' films are based on comics which is a direct derivative of the word comedy, and everyone loves to laugh. The only thing that seemed amiss here was that there was so much to pay attention to--it started to bog down a bit, but considering it was covering so many characters, it was an incredible effort nonetheless. The film's visual effects designed predominantly by ILM (Industrial, Light & Magic, SPI (Sony Pictures Imageworks) and Luma Pictures were seamless and looked great on the large screen. These writers will get more work.
The one good thing about seeing these types of films is that they are the quintessential summer flick replete with bombs, bullets, explosions, adventure and action all rolled up in a comedic slant. While I'm not totally fond of the Spider-Man movies, they typically are well made, so this has got to say something for it. It's also in a nifty IMAX and 4DX format as to have fun with.
Out of 4 Stars: 3.5 Rated: PG-13 129mins.
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