38 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: AUGUST 2017 Spidey ruling in theaters D epending on which kind of movies you like, Spiderman Home- coming might be about a half an hour too long. But if you like Marvel stuff and action movies it probably won’t seem that way to most. First we had Toby Mc- Guire as Spiderman in 2002. Then we had the Eng- lish kid Andrew Garfield playing Peter Parker in The Amazing Spiderman. But the new kid, Tom Holland, is arguably the best so far as his perfor- mance most closely re- sembles the character from the original comic books. Peter Parker’s supposed to be a kid with a heart of gold who’s in way over his head. That’s what makes the comic so special and approachable for young people, because they see a little bit of Peter Parker in themselves. If you want to go in “cold” as they say without knowing anything, stop reading here. Spiderman Homecoming dispenses entirely with the origin story stuff. Unlike the previous Spiderman movies, we don’t see any radioactive spiders or over- night transformations. Instead we meet Peter as he’s just starting to get his feet wet as a friendly neigh- borhood crime fighter. Parker lives in Queens with his aunt May – played by the eternally lovely Os- car-winning actress Marisa Tomei. Parker’s a sophomore in high school and does his Spidey thing when school lets out for the day. After seeing some of Parker’s potential, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) decides to help the kid out by giving him a Spidey suit and starts grooming him for life as a superhero – maybe as the newest member of the Avengers. That’s pretty much all there is to say about the plot without risking spoilers. But there are a few re- markable things about this film worth mentioning. First, as in any good guy versus bad guy story, the villain is arguably more important than the hero. That’s because we mea- sure the mettle and strength of the hero based on the cal- iber of his opposition. And Michael Keaton knocks this thing out of the park as a pissed-off blue-collar guy that wants a better life for his wife and kid and is ready to do whatever it takes to get there. Adrian Toomes (Keaton) gets hired to clean up the scene where the Avengers destroyed Manhattan in the battle with the alien army. He learns that some of the alien debris can be used to make high-impact energy weapons. Peter Parker has to stop him before those weapons wind up in some very dangerous hands. In addition, the support- ing cast (mostly kids) is outstanding. Keep an eye out for an up and coming young ac- tor named Zendaya (no last name – like Madonna) playing Michelle. She pro- vides outstanding comic relief and has a bright future ahead of her. The action scenes are great and not cluttered like so many CGI effects in movies like The Transform- ers series. Parker’s internal mono- logue can get a little annoy- ing and they might have been able to chop about 20 minutes off this thing, but all in all it’s a rock-solid su- perhero movie and a great way to spend an afternoon by yourself or with the kids this summer. www.desantisholster.com 800-GUNHIDE 631-841-6300 Dept #AP87 431 Bayview Ave., Amityville, NY 11701 MSRP Style M44 3999 $ WITHOUT FLAP WITH FLAP STICKS ALMOST LIKE FLY PAPER ® SUPER FLY SUPER FLY ‡ 5HPRYDEOHUHYHUVLEOHRXWHUÁDSWRIXUWKHU   GLVJXLVHÀUHDUP ‡ +ROVWHUZLOOQRWPRYHRXWRISRVLWLRQLQSRFNHW ‡ $YDLODEOHIRUPRVWSRFNHWJXQV ‡ 6SHFLDOSRO\PHULQVHUWSUHYHQWVPROGLQJ ‡+LJKULGH2:%,:%KROVWHU ‡'HWDLOPROGLQJRQRXWHUSRUWLRQ ‡3UHIRUPHGZLWKDFXUYHGEDFNIRUFRPIRUW FRQFHDODELOLW\ ‡,QWXLWLYHVHOIORFNLQJGHYLFH SL RAPTOR ™ MSRP Style 147 8399 $