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Spider-Man

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Based on Marvel comics' superhero character, this is the story of Peter Parker who is a nerdy high-schooler in Queens, New York. He was orphaned as a child, bullied by jocks, and can't confess his crush for his stunning neighbourhood girl Mary Jane Watson. To say his life is "miserable" is an understatement. But one day while on an excursion to a laboratory, a runaway radioactive spider bites him... and his life changes in a way no one could have imagined.

Peter acquires a muscle-bound physique, clear vision, ability to cling to surfaces and crawl over walls, shooting webs from his wrist. After discovering these powers, Peter appears in a televised wrestling match and, armed with his new spider strength, wins the match in record time. But the wrestling match promoter refuses to award Peter the $3,000 prize money, alleging that Peter won too quickly. Soon afterwards, Peter has the opportunity to catch a burglar fleeing from the promoter's office, but because he wants revenge, he refuses to stop him. Moments later, the same burglar kills his beloved Uncle Ben. As Spider-Man, Peter apprehend the burglar but is plagued with guilt for not being a hero sooner. During his time of turmoil, Peter remembers something Uncle Ben once told him: "With great power, there must also come great responsibility."

Peter takes this to heart and decides to use his extraordinary powers to fight crime and rid the city of evil, but someone else has other plans. An eccentric millionaire Norman Osborn administers a performance enhancing drug on himself and his maniacal alter ego Green Goblin emerges. Now Peter Parker has to become Spider-Man and take Green Goblin to the task... or else Goblin will kill him. They come face to face and the war begins in which only one of them will survive at the end.

Cast

  • Tobey Maguire as
    Spider-Man / Peter Parker
  • Willem Dafoe as
    Green Goblin / Norman Osbord
  • Kirsten Dunst as
    Mary Jane Watson
  • James Franco as
    Harry Osborn