Spider-Man 2 (2004) (VG)

Writer:

Matthew B. Rhoades

Release Date:

29 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Crime | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Nowhere you can't go. Nothing you can't do.

Plot:

Spider-Man/Peter Parker struggles between his personal life which involves Mary Jane Watson and his superhero life where he joins up with a vigilante known as Black Cat battling a series of foes including the mad Doc Ock.

Plot Keywords:

Vigilante | Superhero | Hero | Scientist | New York

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Tobey Maguire	...	Peter Parker / Spider-Man (voice)
Holly Fields	...	Black Cat (voice)
Alfred Molina	...	Dr. Otto Octavius / Doc Ock (voice)
Bruce Campbell	...	Tour Guide / Usher at theatre (voice)
Charles Klausmeyer	...	John Jameson (voice)
Kirsten Dunst	...	Mary Jane Watson (voice)
Mindy Sterling	...	Aunt May (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Rhino (voice)
Jay Gordon	...	J. Jonah Jameson / Thug Gallo (voice)
Bethany Rhoades	...	Betty Brant / Balloon Kid (voice)
Michael Beattie	...	Herman Schultz / Shocker (voice)
Susan Egan	...	Rosie Octavius (voice)
Josh Keaton	...	Harry Osborn / Reporter 1 (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Quentin Beck / Mysterio (voice)
Mike McColl	...	(voice) (as Mike Mccoll)
Joe Alaskey	...	Dr. Connors (voice)
David Sobolov	...	Shocker Henchman / Jewel Thief (voice)
Jeff Coopwood	...	Robbie Robertson (voice)
Larry Huffman	...	Arena Announcer (voice)
Keith Szarabajka	...	Wolverine (voice)
Tasia Valenza	...	(voice)
Herschel Sparber	...	(voice)
Niecy Nash	...	(voice)
Rocky Carroll	...	(voice) (as Roscoe 'Rocky' Carrol)
Peter Lurie	...	(voice)
Angela Shelton	...	Calypso (voice) (as Angela V. Shelton)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey	...	(voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dee Bradley Baker	...	The Puma (voice)
Roscoe Carrol	...	(voice)
Loren Lester	...	Dr. Parker (voice)
Gary Anthony Sturgis	...	Luke Cage (voice)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matthew B. Rhoades

Produced by
Irwin Chen	....	associate producer
Bill Dugan	....	executive producer
Gregory John	....	senior producer
Jeremiah Maza	....	producer
Sherry Wallace	....	producer: FMV
Jonathan Zamkoff	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael McCuistion

Casting by
Brigitte Burdine

Art Direction by
Alexandre Bortoluzzi
James Chao

Art Department
Michael McMahan	....	texture artist
Michael A. Zimmerman	....	concept artist

Sound Department
Richard Adrian	....	sound effects editor
Christopher Alba	....	sound effects editor
Stephanie Brown	....	dialogue editor
Arnold Finkelstein	....	sound recordist
Brian Fredrickson	....	sound effects editor
Jason Freedman	....	supervising sound editor
Kris Giampa	....	sound effects editor
Marilyn Graf	....	foley mixer
Tom Hays	....	supervising sound editor
Phillip A. Kovats	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles Maynes	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
John Morris	....	foley supervisor
Scott Purvis	....	sound editor
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Michael Vangen	....	dialogue editor
Michael Vangen	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Terry W. King	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Willi Hammes	....	CG artist: cinematics
Timothy Wallace	....	cinematics artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Jason Parrillo	....	electrician

Animation Department
Craig Gilmore	....	animator
Cemre Ozkurt	....	key animator
Nadia Petkova	....	animator
Adam Rosas	....	animator

Music Department
Christopher Alba	....	additional composer: score
Brody Dalle	....	additional composer: score
Debbi Datz-Pyle	....	orchestra contractor
Robert Fernandez	....	score mixer
Kris Giampa	....	additional composer: score
Larry Rench	....	orchestrator
Tim Riley	....	music supervisor
Lolita Ritmanis	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Marci South	....	driver

Other crew
Richard Bronskill	....	auricle operator
John Heinecke	....	director: global brand management, Activision
Margaret Tang	....	voice director
Stefano Terry	....	quality assurance tester
Vanessa Vander Pluym	....	motion capture talent

Thanks
Ari Arad	....	special thanks
Avi Arad	....	special thanks
The Distillers	....	thanks
Steve Ditko	....	special thanks
Stan Lee	....	special thanks
Joe Quesada	....	special thanks
Sam Raimi	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures
• Marvel Enterprises
• Activision
• Digital Eclipse (Gameboy Advance version)
• Treyarch Invention
• Vicarious Visions (PSP version)

Distributors

• Activision (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Taito (2004) (Japan)

Other Companies

• Blur Studio  cgi animation
• Eastwood Scoring Stage  music recorded at
• Eric Stonerook Music  music preparation
• Marvel Enterprises  comic book art
• Oregon Sound Recording  voice recording

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:T

Company:

Columbia Pictures

Trivia:

Occasionally, a thug might shout out "Time for a little bit of the old ultra violence!" while you are fighting. This is a reference to A Clockwork Orange (1971).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Collision lines (the usually invisible areas that tell the game whether or not you're colliding with something) are constantly visible. Look for the white line around characters.

Quotes:

[Spider-Man crouches beside a webbed-up Shocker and holds up his head to see Black Cat walk off]
Spider-Man:She's pretty amazing, don't you think, Shock?
Herman Schulz:[groans] I think my career just hit a new low.
Spider-Man:Ah. Who cares what you think?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Batman (1966)

Soundtrack:

Beat your heart out

Doing WHATEVER a Spider Can!

THIS is a Spider-Man game done right.

New York not only looks like New York, but you can explore it to the fullest! The boss-fights are creative and expansive, and there is a lot to do in the city without having to follow the main plot. Not to mention various famous landmarks that ACTUALLY exist in the city; many of which only NYers would recognize. As an added bonus? Bruce Campbell, baby! The best part about the shoddy first game and definitely a great addition to this one. Not to mention you get to hear him well over 200 times! Now, for the bad. The various random missions lack variety. After a while, you just wanna shoot a kid's balloon with a web instead of returning it to him. When the main story is finished, the only thing left to do is finish gathering all the various icons in the game. While many will do this happily to get 100%, it can get dull after a while. The game has replay value, but it's very limited.

Overall, a great movie game and definitely sets the bar for any hero games to follow in the free-roam format.