‘Spider-Noir’ Review: Nicolas Cage Slings Peak Strangeness in Amazon’s Slick Spider-Man Spinoff
The review discusses the Amazon series 'Spider-Noir', featuring Nicolas Cage as the lead character. It highlights the show's embrace of the bizarre elements of the Spider-Man lore, distinguishing it from typical superhero narratives. The series combines noir aesthetics with a unique storyline centered on a retired hero grappling with personal loss and moral responsibility.
- ▪Spider-Noir is an adaptation of a 2009 comic book, not a spinoff of the Spider-Verse films.
- ▪Nicolas Cage plays Ben Reilly, a retired Spider-Man who becomes a private investigator after a personal tragedy.
- ▪The series features a mix of noir elements and eye-catching cinematography, enhancing its unique appeal.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/shows/spider-noir-review-nicolas-cage-spiderman-series-freaky-1235195126/ |
| Publication time | Fri, 22 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 |
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Spider-Man has always been a lot stranger than his popularity implies. In his most celebrated iteration, the web-slinging superhero emerges from a teenage science nerd who’s attacked by an arachnid filled with radioactive poison, thus bestowing its victim with the ability to shoot cobwebs out of his wrists (why his wrists?), climb walls with his selectively sticky appendages (that work through boots?), and sense danger (but not gluten?) before it strikes. As the reboots and crossovers multiplied faster than Tom Holland’s net worth, the “Spider-Man” movies increasingly acknowledged the silliness inherent to America’s favorite superhero.
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