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Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius, who becomes Doctor Octopus (aka Doc Ock), after an accident causes him to bond psychically with mechanical tentacles that do his bidding.

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Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves is engaged to someone else, his grades are slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs, and on top of it, the newspaper Daily Bugle is attacking him viciously, claiming that Spider-Man is a criminal. He reaches the breaking point and gives up the crime fighter's life, once and for all. But after a failed fusion experiment, eccentric and obsessive scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is transformed into super villain Doctor Octopus, Doc Ock for short, having four long tentacles as extra hands. Peter guesses it might just be time for Spider-Man to return, but would he act upon it? Written by Soumitra

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This summer a man will face his destiny. A hero will be revealed See more »


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Rated PG-13 for stylized action violence | See all certifications »

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30 June 2004 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Spider-Man 2 Lives  »

Box Office

Budget:

$200,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$6,377,737 (Italy) (17 September 2004)

Gross:

$373,377,893 (USA) (12 November 2004)
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Trivia

A special camera system was constructed called the Spydercam which allowed filming to create the effect of dropping 50 stories and of high speed swooping scenes. The system had actually been invented for the first film but had only been used for the final shot. See more »

Goofs

After the cemetery scene and before Peter confesses about Uncle Ben, there is an establishing shot of Aunt May's house. The way her yellow car is parked in the driveway leaves no way for the doors to open. The space between her house and MJ's parents' house is too narrow. Obviously the car was rolled in to obtain the shot. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Peter Parker: [narrating] She looks at me everyday. Mary Jane Watson. Oh boy! If she only knew how I felt about her. But she can never know. I made a choice once to live a life of responsibility. A life she can never be a part of. Who am I? I'm Spider-Man, given a job to do. And I'm Peter Parker, and I too have a job.
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Crazy Credits

Towards the end of the closing credits, a remix of the theme song from the original Spider-Man animated series is played. See more »


Soundtracks

"Piano Quintet in A, D.667 ('The Trout')"
Written by Franz Schubert
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Wonderful work
22 February 2005 | by (Sweden) – See all my reviews

It's hard not to love this movie unless you have absolutely no ability of knowing good entertainment when you see it. Tobey Maguire is great as Peter Parker, Kirsten Dunst lovely as MJ, Alfred Molina an outstanding classic machined villain as Dr. Octavious turned DocOck. Every member of the cast is superb in their big or small roles, Sam Raimi the director seems very sure of the script and his directing and makes every scene worth watching. Add to that a good story, fabulous, marvelous special effects and visual sequences, an outstanding, fully suitable score, sound effects beyond your wildest dreams, a red-blue spidey Spandex outfit, a chubby guy in a brown coat with four mecha-arms...well how can you not like it??? So, either you are a fan of the comics, like superhero movies, or not, you really have to enjoy this movie. DO NOT MISS IT!


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