The Sensational Spider-Man

The Sensational Spider-Man is a 2013 superhero action film and a reboot of the Spider-Man film series. It stars Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried and Jason Isaacs.

Plot
Peter Parker is a lowly high-school nerd who lives with his aunt and uncle in New York. His only friend is Harry Osborn; however, Harry is the son of billionaire industrialist Norman Osborn. During a school field trip to a genetics lab, Peter barely manages to speak to his crush, Gwen Stacy. However, he is distracted when a genetically altered spider escapes confinement and bites his hand.

Peter returns home and begins to get strange feelings as the spider's DNA combines with his own. He passes out and wakes to find that he has gained spider-like abilities. He quickly slaps together a costume, planning to enter a nearby wrestling tournament and use his abilities to win and buy an expensive car to impress Gwen. However, following a wrestling match, he gets into an argument with the owner and is not paid. He then spots the man chasing after a burgular who has robbed him; Peter declines the offer to catch the criminal, instead actually helping him to flee, telling the victim that catching criminals is not his problem.

Peter is shocked when he returns home to find the police outside of his house and Aunt May crying. A police officer explains to him that Uncle Ben was fatally shot by a home intruder. The police reveal that the man had a tattoo on his wrist; Peter remembers the same tattoo from the thief he had prievously let escape, and to his horror, he realises that he let his uncle's killer get away.

The shock entices Peter to don a newly redesigned version of his wrestling costume to become the vigilante 'Spider-Man.' He sets out on a mission to hunt down his uncle's killer, attacking petty criminals and checking their wrists for tattoos. Peter eventually spots the same burglar engaged in a car chase with the police. The thug evades the police, but Peter follows him to a warehouse. He confronts the man and disarms him; the terrified man begins to suffer from a heart attack. Not wishing to sink to his level and kill a man, Peter reaches to help him, but the man reacts fearfully and falls through a window. Peter decides to continue his vendetta against crime as Spider-Man.

Meanwhile, Hollywood special effects artist and professional illusionist Quentin Beck's career is going slowly down the toilet. When he is kicked from an upcoming summer blockbuster, he decides to use his knowledge to become a supervillain and take revenge. Creating his own costume, Beck becomes Mysterio, a deadly enigma who begins to plot his terrifying vengance, which culminates in his plan to sabotage the film premiere.

His master plan, however, requires him to steal supplies from the shipping port, during which he first encounters Spider-Man. He then decides to work Spider-Man into his plot, planning to disptach him along with his other enemies at the premiere.

Mysterio initiates a deadly gas attack but Spider-Man helps to evacute the building. Mysterio then kidnaps Gwen's father, police captain George Stacy, and brings him to the top of the tower observatory. He and Spider-Man battle and the hero ultimately prevails with Stacy's help, and Mysterio falls to his death. Stacy explains to Spider-Man that although he is not completely trust him, they can work out a 'healthy working relationship.'

Peter and Gwen then attend the funeral of one of the people killed during Mysterio's attack and Gwen finally asks him out. However, Peter explains, through a cryptic speech, that it would be too dangerous for them; his enemies will always go after the people he loves. The film ends with Spider-Man swinging through New York.