My Review of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

 

Written by Chris McKenna And Erik Sommers

Directed by Jon Watts

Mysterio: "It's easy to fool people when they're already fooling themselves."

After an Iron Man reliant first solo adventure for the infamous webslinger, it was definitely time for Peter to have some adventures without Tony Stark. At least in theory.

While Tony might be dead, his ghost definitely lingered on and it was the turn of Nick Fury (Samuel L Jackson) to Peter's guide as the young hero went on a tour throughout Europe with his classmates for this sequel.

Taking the action out of New York for most of this movie was a smart idea as Peter found himself being paired with the enigmatic Quentin Beck/Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) to face the Elementals. Only things were not that simple.

As Peter showed some doubt with being suitable enough to use Tony's new AI EDITH, Beck was quickl revealed to another in a long line of people that Tony pissed off and despite some teasing of the Multiverse, Quentin was from this Earth after all.

As a villain, Mysterio is easily one of the MCU's most successful yet. Gyllenhaal is perfectly cast as Beck and his big brother type of rapport with Holland works a treat as Mysterio devastates Peter in more ways than one.

After the way this movie ended with Peter being outed as Spider-Man, courtesy of Beck getting the last laugh, it's going to be interesting to see how the MCU deals with this plot going forward.

Not that Peter's identity wasn't due to be exposed. Several characters noticed his absence at different points and even MJ casually figured out that he was Spider-Man as the two of them got much closer together in the movie. Not to mention a certain someone also made their debut in this movie, who will undoubtedly cause problems for Peter going forward in the MCU.

- The certain someone being J Jonah Jameson with JK Simmons reprising the role. 

- The other credit sequence involved the reveal of Skrulls such as Talos assuming the identity of Fury and Maria Hill while Fry himself was elsewhere.

- Ned got himself a summer romance with Betty Brant while Peter wanted to have a conversation about Aunt May and Happy being a couple.

- Chronology: Post blip with the tour taking in Italy, Croatia, Germany and the UK.

Spider-Man: Far From Home for me is an enjoyable sequel to the MCU's Spider-Man. Taking the action out of New York, Gyllenhaal's Mysterio and some truly great action sequences make this one of the best movies in this franchise for me.

Rating: 8 out of 10