He's less adept, though, at communicating with his parents, Jefferson (Brian Tyree Henry) and Rio (Luna Lauren Vélez), who still don't know their son's secret identity and are growing increasingly concerned about his strange behavior. Thompson take the reins in this second chapter, which finds Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) now a 15-year-old with a better handle on his crime-fighting powers. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. The directing team has been entirely swapped out. The masterful flair of writers-producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who penned the script with David Callaham, lies in how they detonate convention and then assemble the leftover, splintered shards to build something deceptively sweet and simple. In this frenetic, freewheeling thing that dares you keep up with its web-slinging pace, the sheer muchness of what's in the frame can be almost overwhelming.īut despite all that’s going on, “Across the Spider-Verse” is remarkably grounded as a coming-of-age tale. Spider-Men and Spider-Women tumble forth like unloaded clown cars. Worlds bump into each other like shoppers in a crowded bodega.

If “Into the Spider-Verse” reveled in the head-spinning collision of universes, “Across the Spider-Verse” turns the multiverse blender up a notch, or 10. Colors drip, invert and splatter in a shimmering pop-art swirl.

“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the rare sequel that dazzles as much as the original did. Yet five years later, the Spider-verse is still expanding in thrilling ways.

Through gates of splendor