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Samuel Marshall Raimi (/ˈreɪmi/ RAY-mee; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1992) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The Quick and the Dead (1995), A Simple Plan (1998), The Gift (2000), Drag Me to Hell (2009), Oz the Great and Powerful (2013), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1997), its spin-off Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001), and Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) starring longtime friend and collaborator Bruce Campbell, reprising his role in the Evil Dead franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Raimi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Three months into his life as Spider-Man, Peter Parker is still learning what it means to be a hero — and how much it’s already cost him. Still reeling from Uncle Ben’s death, Peter struggles to balance his double life as a broke high school student and a masked vigilante hunted by both criminals and the police. When an Oscorp electrical engineer named Max Dillon is caught in a catastrophic accident that turns him into a living conduit of raw energy, New York becomes a city on edge. Transformed by pain and rejection, Max becomes Electro, a man who can manipulate power itself — and who blames Spider-Man for the chaos that defines his existence. Spider-Man: Surge of Vengeance dives into the raw, violent heart of Peter’s first year behind the mask. As Electro electrifies the city’s grid, turning Manhattan into a neon battlefield, Peter faces a new kind of enemy — not just superpowered, but human, scarred, and driven by the same anger that once defined him. The R-rated intensity lays bare the consequences of heroism: shattered bones, burned skin, and moral lines crossed in the name of survival. In the film’s harrowing climax, Peter must choose between saving the city that fears him and saving the man who mirrors his own broken soul — proving that being Spider-Man isn’t about power, but the price you’re willing to pay for it.
