One of the best things about Spider-Man: Brand New Day comes with the revival of Spidey’s rogues gallery. No Way Home both blessed and cursed Marvel’s Cinematic Universe by bringing the villains of past Spider-Man films into the fray to (briefly) wreak some havoc: it was great to see Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin and Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock, but when they returned to their native timelines, the MCU felt emptier than ever. Brand New Day remedies that somewhat with cameos from Scorpion (Michael Mando), Tombstone (Marvin Jones III), and more minor Spidey villains. Eventually, though, they all have to take a backseat to the film’s true antagonist, who pulls Peter Parker (Tom Holland) in a very different direction.
Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
