TITLE-Madame Web
SOURCE-Sony Blu Ray
So years back I heard Sony was wanting to make a Spiderman universe of films. Ok yea there is enough stuff there it can be done. First up was Venom. Sure that makes sense he is popular. Watched Venom and it was decent. Then we got Venom 2 which was ok and Morbius.... Morbius was worth the buck I paid for the DVD,still sealed,at the Pawn shop 3 months after it hit home video.
Saw Madame Web announced and wondered how this would work. The old blind lady in the wheelchair that sees the future?
Saw the trailer OK yea get it now she will lead a team of teenage Spider Women. Spotted the second Spider Woman and Aranya in the trailer.
It comes out does nothing. Plan was see it when it hits STARZ in June. Then found the above pictured Blu ray,with the digital code still working,at a local junkstore. For cheap.
Cassie Web has a birth that was complicated. She was gonna die not long after birth. Her mother knows of a rumored tribe of Spider people in Peru that might hhave a cure. Goes down there and gets bit by a magic spider not long before dying while giving birth.
Skip ahead 30 years Cassie is now a EMT on a rig with Ben ,Parker yes it is Uncle Ben. After dying for a minute when plunged in a wrecked car into the river she starts seeing flashes of the future.
The three Spider Women? They are all teens that she has to protect. Cause the man that shot and kille Cassies mother has spider powers and knows that in the future the 3 Spider Women will kill him.
Cassie with her new found powers must keep the three women alive. And why in most of her dreams and future visions do we keep seeing a huge S?
Doesn't sound that bad. The acting is decent. The FX work is good. What hurts this so much is 15 or so minutes into the film we see the future where the 3 Spidey Females kill big evil dude. THis lasts 6 minutes tops. And we don't see them with their powers at all until the 4 minute flash forward right before the credits.
Yea the movie they marketed on HEY SEE THIS TEAM OF SPIDERTEENS. Barely has them. Even when they dont have their powers yet. Cause like the film is titled ,this focuses on Madame Web.
The other thing keeping this from being better is the length. Yea I know few know most of the main characters. When I first watched it 2 of the 4 in the room got who Ben Parker is. Still no need to be 2 hours long.
Oh and btw this being set in 2003 NYC and having Ben Parker as a 30 year old we still have a cameo from Spiderman.
The Blu Ray looks great sounds good. Has more than a few extras,that I haven't watched yet. Not worth the still 20 bucks they want for this. But it is better than Morbius an if you findd it cheap take a chance.
Madame Web gets a C+