The final battle between Spiderman and Mysterio, where Spidey falls into the middle of a cloud of light-show, weapons-toting drones and doesn't even get a scratch worth crying over, is pretty much a microcosm of this entire movie. After ENDGAME, it feels more like housecleaning and treading water than a Spiderman adventure. There are no stakes to speak of-- Spidey seems indestructible at this point and I never felt any of his comic relief buddies were seriously in danger. Even his relationship with MJ seems fireproof, with Peter barely having to break a sweat to handle that.

I'm generally pretty forgiving when it comes to plot holes, so long as there aren't too many and the rest of the story is good. FAR FROM HOME seems to exist on lapses in logic and continuity. Like Tony thinking giving a teenage boy access to massively destructive drones is a swell idea. Or this sudden assertion that Spiderman is the new Iron Man (an assumption the film claims to reject, but actually embraces for whatever reason). Or how the heck Mysterio's big evil plan even works-- apparently this is all projections, but we see things get blown up and people can get killed so.... I don't know, maybe there's a quick explanation in the movie that I missed, but I doubt it.

Also, the sudden "Tony Stark is a plagarist" angle is just such bad retcon work. It really leaves a sour taste in my mouth. It doesn't help that the scene where all this is laid out is some of the worst, on the nose, clumsiest, badly acted exposition dumping I have ever seen in a major motion picture.

Some things I liked so I don't close on a horrible note: MJ and Peter were cute (too bad HOMECOMING never developed their relationship enough, so the sudden crush feels abrupt) and the chaperones were funny.

Yeah.

Far from home was under a lot of pressure from Endgame and homecoming in order to live up to the expectations set by both movies. It had to confront the problems and heartbreak from the last Mcu film while retaining the humour and action from the previous Spider-Man film. Not only does it do this far more successfully than I could have imagined, yet it adds so much more to the film. From unexpected plot twits to silly romance. This film is a must see to any fan of the Mcu. Make sure you stay till the very very end. You will regret it if you leave early. Post credit scenes will blow your mind in a short space of time

Review: Will they ever get this franchise right? I really wasn't a fan of this film because the whole "teenager on a school trip" concept was ridiculous, and the script was awful. They tried there utmost to make it funny, but it just didn't work, and Tom Holland's constant whining about how much he wanted to be with his school friends, and trying to get the girl, became tedious after a while. I can't believe that Spider-man went through the whole of Infinity War and Endgame, saving the world with the Avengers, and ended up dodging Nick Fury's calls because he wanted to be with his friends. On top of that, the humongous creatures that were attacking Europe weren't enough for the school to cancel the trip, which was totally unrealistic. The major twist in the film was also written badly, which was a shame because I actually liked Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) before he turned dark. On the plus side, I did like seeing the aftermath of Tony Stark death, and how the so-called "blip" affected the world, but with all that in mind, Spider-man still was acting like an immature teenager, even though he was heavily involved in the battle against Thanos. The whole drone concept was also completely ridiculous, and the fact that no one realised that it was all an illusion, blew my mind. Although I found the film disappointing, Tom Holland is a good Spider-man, in terms of his movements and action scenes, but I think it's about time that he took his role as a super-hero seriously. I don't know how close the character is to the comics, so I can't totally blame the director for his vision but I'm really getting fed up with his boyish behaviour, especially after Tony Stark took him under his wing. The action scenes made the film watchable, even though they were extremely far-fetched, and the ending left the franchise open for many possibilities, but I still expected more after Endgame. Disappointing!

Round-Up: This movie was directed by Jon Watts, who also brought you Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, which was also disappointing. He's returning to direct another Spider-Man movie, which is due out in July 2021, after Tom Holland saved the film from cancellation by forcing renegotiations with Sony and Disney. It's the 28th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and with other movies being released from the MCU franchise beforehand, the plot of the next Spider-Man is unknown. I hope they show a different side to this character because the gullible Spider-Man concept has been done to death.

Budget: $160million Worldwide Gross: $1.13billion

Genre: Action, Adventure. Sci-Fi Cast: Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, J.K. Simmons, Angourie Rice, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Cobie Smulders and Numan Acar. 4/10