The plot: Cassandra Webb is a New York City paramedic who starts to show signs of clairvoyance. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she must protect three young women from a mysterious adversary who wants them dead.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery & thriller
Directed by S. J. Clarkson
Produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Written by Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Claire Parker, S. J. Clarkson
Story by Kerem Sanga, Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless
Based on Marvel Comics
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, Celeste O’Connor, Tahar Rahim, Mike Epps, Emma Roberts & Adam Scott.
Executive producers: Adam Merims, Claire Parker
Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
Edited by Leigh Folsom Boyd
Music by Johan Söderqvist
Production companies: Columbia Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, TSG Entertainment
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing
This movie was decent but not that good.
Pros: The movie was somehow decently made under the circumstances. I enjoyed the appeal of the three actresses who played Julia, Anya & Mattie respectfully and it’s managed to be able to put together a cohesive narrative.
Cons: This movie didn’t deliver on a cohesive storyline going for it. There was no Spiderman. The main characters all suck in this. I didn’t like how the movie was filmed and a lot of moments are awkward & uninspired.
The Casts:
- Dakota Johnson as Cassandra “Cassie” Webb / Madame Web:
A paramedic in Manhattan who, after an accident, develops psychic abilities as a clairvoyant which allow her to see future events within the “spider world”, and is a reluctant hero. - Sydney Sweeney as Julia Cornwall: An awkward teenage girl who lives with her father and stepfamily following her mother’s departure. She is hunted by Sims for being a future Spider-Woman and one of those responsible for his death.
- Isabela Merced as Anya Corazon: A homeless teenager forced to live alone after her father’s deportation. She is also hunted by Sims for being one of the three future Spider-Women responsible for his death.
- Celeste O’Connor as Mattie Franklin: A teenage girl from a wealthy family, but with absent parents. She is one of the three future Spider-Women hunted by Sims.
- Tahar Rahim as Ezekiel Sims:
A former explorer who searched for a secret tribe in the Amazon rainforest in Peru alongside a research team with Cassie’s mom, whom he betrays. He gained their enhanced strength and health abilities through a powerful spider, as well as clairvoyance which allows him to see the future and his death, making him obsessively search for his killers. This leads him to hunt three young women who have the potential to become Spider-Women in the future. - Mike Epps as O’Neil: Cassie and Ben’s co-worker and friend.
- Emma Roberts as Mary Parker: Ben’s pregnant sister-in-law.
- Adam Scott as Ben Parker: Cassie’s paramedic partner and friend.
- Kerry Bishé as Constance Webb: Cassie’s mother and a scientist whose work researching spiders brought her to the Amazon in 1973 in hopes of healing Cassie’s muscular disorder.
- Zosia Mamet as Amaria: A gifted hacker and Sims’s research assistant.
- José María Yazpik as Santiago: A member of Las Arañas, a secret tribe from the Peruvian jungle with spider-based abilities.
I would skip this movie.
Rating: 1 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe