Sam Raimi's Spider-Man Trilogy

Spider-Man

Film · 2002 · 121 minutes · Raimi Trilogy

High school student Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically modified spider on a school field trip and gains spider-like abilities: superhuman strength and agility, wall-crawling, and a precognitive "spider-sense." He first uses his powers for personal gain, entering an underground wrestling match, but a moment of selfishness leads indirectly to the murder of his beloved Uncle Ben, teaching him that "with great power comes great responsibility." Adopting the identity of Spider-Man, Peter begins fighting crime in New York City while secretly pining for his neighbor, Mary Jane Watson. Meanwhile, industrialist Norman Osborn, father of Peter's best friend Harry, tests an experimental performance-enhancing formula on himself that grants him great power but drives him insane, transforming him into the Green Goblin. As the Goblin terrorizes the city, he and Spider-Man become locked in an escalating conflict that culminates in the Goblin forcing Peter to choose between saving Mary Jane and a cable car full of children; Spider-Man refuses to choose and, with help from bystanders who pelt the Goblin with debris, manages to save both. The fight then moves to an abandoned building, where Norman is impaled and killed by his own glider.