First thing I thought: Marvel and Columbia Pictures. I’m sold on both.

I also heard this movie was not good. You know I had to judge it for myself.

I saw the library copy.

Look, baby. This is Marvel. I’ve never seen a bad movie from them.

Dakota Johnson plays a Manhattan paramedic, Cassie Webb, who develops clairvoyant abilities and forms a relationship with and has to protect 3 powerful girls who need training in how to use their powers. Her mother years earlier tried to look for and harness the healing power of a rare spider in the Amazon. Ezekiel Sims, the man who killed her mother and became a billionaire because of the attibutes of the spider venom.

And, there is a spiritual aspect concerning the spider people who protect the secret which was revealed to Cassie Web, who becomes Madame Web when she re-visited her mother’s site after she grew up. So, the rest of the movie is the fight between Ezekiel and her and the three girls.

According to Wikipedia, “Cassandra Webb first appeared in Marvel’s American comic books, The Amazing Spider-man #210 (November 1980).

“Humor, comedy, explosions, connections in the future”. I don’t discourage easily. I expect the next installment to get better reviews. We each have a right to our opinion.

Director: S..J. Clarkson.

Rosa Griffin

10/15/24