"Spider-Man: Brand New Day" review — It's a new day and a rocky future for the Wall-Crawler
“Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker’s heart.” Peter Parker hasn’t been doing so hot in the four years since the cataclysmic finale of Spider-Man: No Way Home , where Doctor Strange purged the world’s collective memory of both Peter and his superhero alias. He sinks every waking moment into his developing crime-fighting persona. A snappy opening montage gives the audience fleeting glimpses of encounters with various B- and C-list Spider-Man foes, including battles with Tarantula, Boomerang, Scorpion, and Tombstone, as well as the other various powerless nerdowells that New York City has on offer. The city itself has been trapped in a sea of greys and blues, the most visually murky palette for a Spider-Man movie yet. The only people Peter seems to talk to regularly are his contact in the NYPD and the armed vigilante Punisher, whom Peter largely despises. In his fleeting moments of spare time, he stalks his former pals, MJ and Ned, over social me...
