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Release Date:
7 October 2001 (USA)
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Science made Quentin a mutant. Nature made him a killer.
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A shy, obsessive comic book fan gets injected with an experimental serum of a lab that is studying how to give humans the abilities of spiders...
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Spider
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Comic Book
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Detective
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Security Guard
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1 nomination
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Eh.....
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dan Aykroyd | ... | Det. Insp. Jack Grillo |
 | Devon Gummersall | ... | Quentin Kemmer |
 | Amelia Heinle | ... | Stephanie Lewis |
 | Theresa Russell | ... | Trixie Grillo |
 | Christopher Cousins | ... | Officer Williams |
| Mario Roccuzzo | ... | Nick Bezis |
 | John Cho | ... | Han |
 | Randall Huber | ... | Midtown murderer |
| Zia Harris | ... | Gutterpunk #1 (as Zia) |
| Lloyd Lowe Jr. | ... | Lloyd (gutterpunk #2) (as Lloyd Lowe) |
| Michael Keenan | ... | Willie |
 | Ted Rooney | ... | Coroner |
 | Dan Martin | ... | Huge cop |
| Rob Hill | ... | Liquor store cop |
| Brian J. Gilbert | ... | Photojournalist |
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The Spider (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language and violence.
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90 min
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1.78 : 1 more
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Finland:K-15 |
Spain:13 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Germany:16 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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What is the fetish with movies like this? Is gaining a super-power always a pre-cursor to becoming evil? Maybe that's why I liked Darkman so much. With the abilities that Peyton got, he used them for good, even if it was in a vigilante way. I really wanted to enjoy this movie, and was encouraged by the fact that initially, Quentin used his powers for good.
Of course, it took all of 45 minutes for him to go bad and go on a killing spree. Did somebody think that was original? Aside from the fact that it was a blatant knock off of Jeff Goldblum in "The Fly" remake, though much less gory.
The acting was of the "not bad" variety, but Dan Aykroyd is wasted in a role that tries to have depth, but fails (chalk it up to comic book writing? I dunno).
I did get a huge kick out of the store owner using the Hasbro "Darth Maul Lightsaber" (of which I have on right next to me here) as his last line of defense. A total hoot! Classic!
I would be remiss if I didn't say the movie does a decent make-up. Pretty creepy.
Sadly, the ending falls flat and comes way to abruptly, and is also cliche, and confusing to boot. Did he want to kill her, or not? I leave that for you to decide.
** out of four.