- After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to save the city from the machinations of a mysterious reptilian foe.
- Peter Parker (Garfield) is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.—Columbia Pictures
- The Amazing Spider-Man follows the origin story of Peter Parker's beginnings as the world-renowned wall-crawler. After being bitten by a radio-active spider, Peter acquires amazing abilities which will help him achieve things one could only dream about. In a life-threatening fight for the city, Peter will strive to protect New York City from the threat of his friend-turned-enemy, Doctor Curt Connors: whom has transformed into The Lizard.—Johnny
- Spending his days trying to unravel the mystery of his past and win the heart of his high-school crush, Gwen Stacy, bookish teenage social outcast Peter Parker has a lot on his plate already. Reared by understanding Uncle Ben and loving Aunt May, Peter accidentally finds a hidden briefcase: a mysterious discovery that leads to an extraordinary transformation and a new identity. However, as Peter embarks on a painful mission to find answers and an unstoppable reptilian adversary threatens the metropolis, the agile web-spinning hero must summon up the strength to defend his beloved New York City. Will Peter follow the arduous path of responsibility? Can the amazing Spider-Man save the city from Lizard, the monstrous mega-villain?—Nick Riganas
- Peter Parker is a seventeen year old high school student at Midtown High, he has a secret crush on Gwen Stacy and he is constantly bullied by Flash Thompson. Peter's life has changed greatly for him, ever since his parents left him when he was only four years old and he has been placed under his aunt and uncle's care for about thirteen years. Peter still wants to learn more about his past and he wants to know why his parents left him. Peter finds his father's briefcase and he learns that his father has worked at Oscorp with Dr. Curtis Connors, a brilliant scientist and herpetologist. Peter becomes determined to find answers from his father's former partner. However, Peter's life soon changes when he is bitten by a spider during his trip to Oscorp and he is granted spider-like powers. Peter soon witnesses his uncle's murder at the hands of a shoplifter and he vows to use his powers for the greater good and he names himself Spider-Man. Peter's newfound friendship with Connors will be put to the test when he must fight the Lizard, Connors' deadly alter-ego who plans on infecting the city.—dawsonpersi
- As a child, Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) discovers his father Richard's (Campbell Scott) study has been ransacked. His father gathers concealed documents before Peter's parents take him to stay with his Aunt May (Sally Field) and Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen). His parents (Mother Mary (Embeth Davidtz)) leave but are later killed in a plane crash.
As a teenager, Peter is a student at Midtown Science High School, where he is bullied by Flash Thompson (Chris Zylka), and is romantically interested in the beautiful Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone), the daughter of police captain George Stacy (Denis Leary). Peter has interest in photography and always goes around with his camera. At home, Peter discovers his father's documents, and learns he had been working with scientist Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans) at Oscorp to combine human and animal DNA to cure illnesses. Curt never even called once Richard died.
Peter sneaks into Oscorp to meet Connors by disguising himself as one of the 24 interns being inducted by Oscorp that day. Peter has to be careful as Gwen is already the senior intern to Connors and is the head of their batch. Gwen discovers Peter when Peter responds to a question from Connors but chooses not to expose Peter. Connors is pressured by his superior Dr. Ratha (Irrfan Khan) to complete his serum and cure the terminally ill head of Oscorp Norman Osborn. Connors wants the cure himself to restore his missing arm. Meanwhile, Peter breaks into a lab (by secretly watching Ratha type in his password) where a "Biocable" a high strength strand of webbing-is created by genetically modified spiders, one of which bites him. During a subway ride home, a fight reveals that he has developed superhuman speed, strength, the ability to stick to surfaces, and a heightened sense of danger.
Peter finds an algorithm in his father's documents (the 0 0 decay rate algorithm) and gives it to Connors-the missing key to his serum. Connors had said that he and Richard had been working on the algorithm for many years and then Richard died suddenly, which made Connors angry, and he decided to stay away from the family. Connors invites Peter to visit him at the office to collaborate on their work.
In school, Peter damages school property during a confrontation with Flash and Ben is forced to come in to meet the principal. Due to this he had to change shifts at work and now has to work at night. Ben tells Peter to escort May home that night. Peter ignores Ben in favor of helping Connors test their serum on a three-legged mouse. After he returns home, Peter argues with Ben about not picking up May, and Peter leaves. At a grocery store, the clerk rudely refuses to let Peter buy a drink as he was short by 2 cents, and when a thief steals money from the register, Peter lets the thief escape. Ben, searching the streets for Peter, confronts the thief, but is shot and killed. Peter responds to the gunshot and finds Ben's body. After seeing a police sketch of the suspect (who also had a tattoo of a star on his left hand), Peter realizes it was the thief he let go.
Peter hunts the killer, taking out other criminals as a result and attracting police attention for his vigilante actions. During one confrontation he falls into an abandoned gym, where a Luchador-wrestling poster inspires him to create a mask to hide his identity. He creates a costume for himself with a spandex suit and builds wrist-mounted mechanical devices that shoot Biocable strands that he took from Connors lab. Peter, who, after going to Gwen's house for a dinner "date" with her family, later reveals he is the vigilante to Gwen, and they kiss. Captain Stacy, Gwen's father is leading the task force to stop the vigilante. He is firmly against anyone but the police minding crime in the city.
Seeing that the test mouse has regrown its missing limb using lizard DNA, Ratha demands human trials begin immediately. When Connors refuses, Ratha reminds Connors that once Richard Parker was close to the solution & said the same thing that Connors is saying now, implying that Ratha & Connors had something to do with Richard's death. Connors refuses to risk innocent lives and is fired. Desperate, Connors tests the serum on himself and his missing arm regenerates. He learns that Ratha is going to test the serum on human subjects and goes to stop him, but his body begins to mutate. By the time he finds Ratha on the Williamsburg Bridge Connors has transformed into a large Lizard creature, tossing cars, including Ratha's, over the side of the bridge. Peter, now calling himself Spider-Man, manages to save Ratha and other civilians. Connors retreats into the sewer and reverts to human form.
Peter later meets Connors in his office and suspects he is the Lizard, and later unsuccessfully confronts Connors' Lizard form in the sewers, leaving behind his camera. Connors learns Peter's identity via the name on the camera and pursues him to Midtown Science High School where they fight. In response, the police start a manhunt for both Spider-Man and Lizard.
Connors heads to Oscorp, intending to disperse his serum across the city and make everyone into lizards, while Gwen develops an antidote in Oscorp's lab. The police corner Spider-Man and Captain Stacy discovers that he is Peter but lets him escape to go save Gwen. With the help of the father of a boy he rescued earlier, Spider-Man reaches Oscorp in time. Spider-Man manages to replace Connors' serum with the antidote, reverting Connors to human form, but not before Connors mortally wounds Captain Stacy. Spider-Man nearly falls to his death, but Connors saves him. Before his death, Captain Stacy makes Peter promise to stay away from Gwen for her safety. He initially keeps the promise, but later admits to Gwen that failed promises are the best kind.
In a post-credits scene, Connors, in a dark prison cell, is confronted by a man in the shadows who asks if Connors told Peter the truth about his father. Connors replies, "No", and demands Peter be left alone before the man disappears.
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