Marc Webb’s sequel to his 2012 film feels like a stepping stone that would lead further into the Spider-Man story.

It sees Andrew Garfield return as the amazing superhero, and Emma Stone as his on/off girlfriend Gwen Stacy, as well as a few new foes to contend with on the streets of NYC.

It’s graduation time for Peter (Garfield) and Gwen, as they prepare for life after high school.

Peter is still struggling however, with the last word’s Gwen’s dad left him with before he died, playing on his mind.

He’s also still not coping with the loss of his parents – strangely not with the loss of his Uncle Ben – as he continues to wonder what happened to them.

Not that he has much time to be mournful, as sparks literally are flying with the arrival of a new enemy, going by the name of Electro (Jamie Foxx).

Despite its considerable length, of two hours and twenty minutes, very little of that time is devoted to Spider-man himself, which is no bad thing after the CGI-tastic first film. We get to see more Garfield, which is always welcome, as well as more of a focus on his enemies Electro and Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin.

It probably centres around Oscorp a little too much, which feels like a company audiences are already familiar with that they could even have an account with, as they are with the entire Spider-Man origin story itself, which must be the most well known out of all the superheroes.

And even though it’s obvious that Webb was setting up for further adventures in his own spider-verse, especially with the heavy hints of the arrival of the Sinister Six, it was all in vain, when Sony entered an agreement for Spidey to enter into the MCU proper, which he did in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, with fellow Brit Tom Holland slipping on the Lycra suit, and then for the aptly titled Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017.

Still, there’s some great chemistry to be seen between Garfield and Stone, as well as Foxx being one of the more entertaining foes in a long while.

Webb’s two instalments then are far from classics, but there’s no denying he hit the jackpot with Garfield, who still remains an audience favourite, and it’s easy to see why.