Review 794: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
When Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is unexpectedly approached by his best friend and love interest Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) to complete a mission to save every universe of Spider-People from a new villain calling himself The Spot (Jason Schwartzman) who could cause a catastrophic disaster, Miles is more than up for the challenge. He and Gwen journey through the Multiverse together and meet its protectors, a group of Spider-People calling themselves the Spider-Society. However, Miles finds himself at odds with the Society on how to handle the threat. This is a bigger, bolder and more ambitious that pushes the boundaries of Whereas the first film was confined to Miles' universe, Across the Spider-Verse is just all over the place - it's kind of like a rollercoaster ride through the multiverse Thematically, it's about Adolescence, Identity & finding your place in the world where there is more than possible outcome as we see through the many Spider-variants (or is...
