By Emilio Frenk.
Director: Jon Watts.
Cast: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Cobie Smulders, Jon Favreau, J.B. Smoove, Jacob Batalon, Martin Star, Tony Revolori, Marisa Tomei y Jake Gyllenhaal.
Rating: Very Good.
Jon Watts, Director of "Spider-Man: Homecoming" brings the second part of this reboot with "Spider-Man: Far from Home" and the truth that I really enjoyed this dry.
The movie takes place after the events of "Avengers: Endgame" and the story focuses on Peter Parker / Man-Spider (Tom Holland) who is in high school and misses Tony Stark / Iron Man.
At Parker´s High School, a trip to Venice, Italy for the summer is being organized by his teacher and Parker ends going. Once on European soil, Parker will witness a threat that can end humanity.
Now Parker as Spider-Man, will have to fight against this threat and save the planet before it's too late.
One factor that made this second part was the originality of the concept and that it is the first film of the "Spider-Man" franchise that does not take place in New York, except part of the First Act and the rest was in Europe.
This time the action sequences were better directed by Jon Watts and he learned from his mistakes from “Spider-Man: Homecoming”.
You can understand that it was his big film and when you are directing a film from the Marvel Universe one is susceptible of making mistakes. However, it was not all bad and it had good elements.
The story here was more fleshed and we could see a Peter Park with more conflicts and doubts about himself, something that had not been observed, especially in the part that now the world sees him as a possible replacement for Tony Stark.
Like the previous film, this part has very predictable moments; but in this type of films I think it is very valid to be. Tom Holland again did a great job and I could say that it is one of the best interpretation of Spider-Man to this date.
The handling of humor in this movie was quite good since there were moments of great comedy and for a film of this caliber it is very important to have those elements.
Jake Gyllenhaal as always is a guarantee and seeing him here as a Mysterio is phenomenal. Of the villains of this franchise I can say that it is the one that has convinced me most and I think that for any film, especially in this genre, the villain must be as good as the superhero.
What I recommend when you go to see this movie is to stay until the final credits, because like it has happened in all Marvel Comics movies there are surprises and here was no the exception.
With that being said I highly recommend "Spider-Man: Far from Home" for the consistency of the story, the performances of Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal and how well crafted that film is.