'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America

A reboot of a superhero franchise barely a decade old, "The Amazing Spider-Man" is more a note-by-note remake of "Spider-Man," the 2002 blockbuster that got the series going, than a freshly reimagined take.
It's impossible to avoid the comparisons, so we may as well just get them out of the way early so we can move on.
Spider-Man must contend with more than just a lizard in his latest video game adventure.