Spider-Man: Homecoming
Movie, 2017, Phase 3, Set in 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming is #20 of 69 in release order and #20 of 69 in chronological order in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The story
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
Spider-Man: Homecoming recap
Eight years after the battle of New York, salvage contractor Adrian Toomes loses his cleanup job to a government agency and starts building weapons from alien scrap, flying in a winged suit as the Vulture. Months after Civil War, Peter Parker, 15, goes back to school in Queens, waits for a call from Tony Stark and patrols as Spider-Man under the watch of Happy Hogan. Peter stumbles onto Toomes's weapons deals and keeps getting in over his head; his best friend Ned learns his secret. Peter tracks Toomes to a ferry, where a weapon tears it in half and Tony has to save everyone, and Tony takes back the suit. Peter goes to the homecoming dance with his crush Liz and discovers her father is Toomes. Toomes works out Peter's identity and lets him go with a warning.
Spider-Man: Homecoming ending explained
Peter, in his homemade suit, stops Toomes from hijacking a plane carrying Avengers equipment as it moves to the new base. The plane crashes on Coney Island, and Peter saves Toomes from the wreck and leaves him for the police. Tony offers Peter a place in the Avengers and a new suit; Peter turns it down to stay a neighborhood hero. Tony returns the suit, and Aunt May walks in on Peter wearing it.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. In the mid-credits scene, Mac Gargan asks Toomes in prison about Spider-Man's identity, and Toomes says he does not know. In the post-credits scene, Captain America, in an old school video, gives a talk on patience and admits that sometimes it leads to nothing.
Where to watch Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider-Man: Homecoming is streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, and Tubi in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, before Marvel's The Defenders.
- Chronological order: after Black Panther, before Thor: Ragnarok.
What to watch before Spider-Man: Homecoming
In release order, 14 Marvel Cinematic Universe essentials come before Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), from Iron Man (2008) to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).
Cast
- Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes / Vulture
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Marisa Tomei as May Parker
- Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
- Zendaya as Michelle
- Donald Glover as Aaron Davis
- Jacob Batalon as Ned
- Laura Harrier as Liz
- Tony Revolori as Flash
- Bokeem Woodbine as Herman Schultz / Shocker #2
Directed by Jon Watts.