‘Spider-Noir’ review: Nicolas Cage is weird and wonderful in fantasy crime series
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With the Prime Video series Spider-Noir, Nicolas Cage seals his reputation as one of the weirdest and most watchable American actors. Who else but Nicolas Cage to play an ageing detective in 1930s New York City who also happens to be a web-slinging vigilante?
Ben Reilly (Cage) is a world-weary, wisecracking private investigator who walked off the pages of a novel by Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler. Reilly is also Spider, with arachnid genetic material running through his veins.
The death of his fiance put an end to Reilly’s vigilantism. But he’s drawn back into the rescuing game when he witnesses the death of a man who can conjure up fire with his hands. The pyrokinetic victim is a link to the origins of Reilly’s own transformation from soldier into a version of Spider-Man.
During his investigation, Reilly meets the mysterious club singer Cat (Li Jun Li). Reilly also runs into other men with similar superpowers – Flint (Jack Huston), Lonnie (Abraham Popoola) and Dirk (Anderw Lewis Caldwell).
Mob boss Silverman (Brendan Gleeson) wants to control these supervillains and wreak havoc on New York City. The stage is set for a dazzling, zinger-filled battle between humans and superhumans, gumshoes and gangsters, the crime thriller and superhero genres.
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