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'Spider-Noir' Review: Originality and Elegant Visuals Make for a Strong, Enjoyable Debut
- Nicolas Cage stars as Ben Reilly, a gritty private eye known as The Spider, in the new series Spider-Noir premiering exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on May 27.
- Set in Depression-era New York, the series follows Reilly, a cynical investigator haunted by a tragic past who abandons retirement to battle gangsters, supported by assistant Janet and journalist Robbie Robertson.
- Aesthetically, the series offers viewers two distinct ways to watch, either in "True-Hue Full Color" or "Authentic Black & White," paying homage to the noir genre while showcasing the 1933 setting.
- Critics note the show attempts to combine superhero quippyness with classic-Hollywood cosplay; Tom's Guide gave the series a "Rating: 4/5 stars," calling it a "live-action Spider-Man adventure with plenty of character."
- While Cage portrays this "mournful superhero" with physicality, the eight-episode season explores a variant of the character distinct from previous iterations, navigating the challenges of balancing a moody mystery with superhero roots.
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Spider-Noir review: Nicolas Cage is pitch-perfect in this Marvel spin-off
Nicolas Cage has a comeback story that really deserves more attention. Lest we forget that the one-time Oscar winner spent several years churning out a pungent slurry of cheap films that went straight to DVD (or some niche streamer), attracting derision from even his most sympathetic viewers?His career jolted back to life with 2018’s one-two punch of surreal horror flick Mandy and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, where he took a small-yet-impa…
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