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| Director: | Matt Reeves |
| Producer(s): | Kevin Feige Alan Fine Stan Lee |
| Writer(s): | Matt Reeves Sam Raimi David Koepp |
| Release Date: | July 3, 2012 (United States) |
| Running Time: | 138 minutes |
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Spider-Man: Darkest Hours is the second film in Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by MarvelousMarty. The film is a sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming and is a predecessor to the following MCU film, Iron Man 3.
Synopsis[]
After his valiant partaking with the Earth's Mightiest Heroes' battle for fate of the world (Marvel's The Avengers), Spider-Man is back home as he now deals with the newer, far deadlier threats emerging in his great neighborhood of New York, struggling to balance his mundane yet memorable life as the newly graduated Peter Parker. In doing so, his following encounters with these menaces has only led the hero to find out the ghastly truth that he is and has always been a part of a greater conspiracy, whose embodiment will not stop until they accomplish their grand scheme, even if it means burning most of the city into the ground. The web-slinger and his allies are forced find the right answers quickly in his heroic battle against time, before the threat's heinous actions could potentially bring the country back to the dark ages in a matter of days.
Cast[]
- Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
- Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy (Death)
- Bryan Cranston as The Goblin (Norman Osborn) (First Appearance as The Goblin)
- Bill Hader as Electro (Maxwell Dillon) (First Appearance)
- Dave Franco as Harry Osborn
- Holland Roden as Mary Jane Watson
- J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Betty Brant
- Jay Baruchel as Edward "Ned" Leeds (First Appearance)
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as Ben Urich
- Daniel Sharman as Flash Thompson
- Sally Field as May Parker
- David Morrissey as Otto Octavius
- Danny Trejo as Scorpion (Maximus "Max" Gargan) (First Appearance)
- B.J. Novak as Alistair Smythe (First Appearance)
- Robin Dearden as Emily Lyman-Osborn (Only Appears in Flashbacks) (Death in Flashback)
- Denis Leary as George Stacy (Only Appears in Flashbacks) (Death in Flashback)
- Rhys Ifans as Professor Curt Connors (First Appearance)
- Campbell Scott as Richard Parker (Only Appears in Flashbacks) (Death in Flashback)
- Embeth Davidtz as Mary Parker (Only Appears in Flashbacks) (Death in Flashback)
- Liam Mcintyre as Sandman (Flint Marko) (First Appearance) (Cameo)
- John Malkovich as Vulture (Adrian Toomes) (Archive Footage)
- Paul Wight as Crusher Hogan (Cameo)
- Daniel Day-Lewis as Man in the Shadows
- Chris Evans as Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Cameo)
- Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff) (Cameo)
- Gerald Butler as Kraven (Sergei Kravinoff) (First Appearance) (Cameo)
- Stan Lee as Bystander Interviewee (Cameo)
Trivia[]
- The film features its own depiction of the iconic "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" (June–July 1973) comic arc.
- The marketing and advertising of the film mostly depicts Electro as the primary antagonist, although later in the film, it would still reveal that the main antagonist turned out to be Norman Osborn (and Oscorp, collectively) all along, as the latter's insanity becomes more apparent and his tragic backstory is slowly unveiled in the third act.
- The film features the first appearances of Spider-Man rogues: Scorpion, Sandman, and Kraven the Hunter, albeit merely as minor and/or cameo roles and appearances.
- Scorpion, Max Gargan, is a mob boss and one of Oscorp's discreet potential buyers who crossed paths with Spider-Man after exposing his superhuman enhancements to the authorities. Shortly after a brief battle with Spider-Man, Marko was apprehended by S.H.I.E.L.D. operatives, led by Captain America and Black Widow.
- Sandman, Flint Marko, was a escaped convict who willingly became one of the notable tests subjects for Oscorp, in order to escape a life in prison. He has since escaped after a brief encounter with Spider-Man, gaining the attention of the authorities after him.
- Kraven appeared in the film's ending, being hired by the mysterious Man in the Shadows to "hunt the spider" after the web-slinger's reputation was stained by the film's third act, confronting the unhinged Norman Osborn.
- In the film's third act, it was revealed to Peter by Osborn that he was responsible for the death of the former's parents due to them attempting to expose Oscorp's secret unethical and illegal actions to the authorities.
- This film features the first appearance of the Venom symbiote in this Marvel Cinematic Universe, being a former candidate that Oscorp had "developed" as a possible cure for his late wife's disease, even after her death from a terminal illness.
Sequels[]
Further information: List of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MarvelousMarty) films
- Spider-Man: Web of Death (2015)
- Spider-Man: Ends of the Earth (2018)