: The film begins with a flashback showing Richard and Mary Parker's death in a plane crash. Years later, Peter discovers his father's hidden lab in a Roosevelt train station, revealing that his parents fled because they refused to help Norman Osborn develop biogenetic weapons.
: Max Dillon (Jamie Foxx), a lonely Oscorp electrical engineer, is transformed into a powerful electric being after falling into a tank of genetically modified eels. After feeling betrayed by Spider-Man during a confrontation in Times Square, he becomes the vengeful villain Electro.
: Peter's childhood friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) returns to New York to visit his dying father. Inheriting a terminal genetic disease, Harry becomes obsessed with using Spider-Man's blood for a cure. When Peter refuses, Harry turns to Electro for help and eventually transforms into the Green Goblin.
: During a final battle at a clock tower, Spider-Man defeats the Green Goblin, but Gwen Stacy tragically falls to her death. Devastated, Peter retires from crime-fighting for five months before being re-inspired to return and face the Rhino (Paul Giamatti). Production and Reception The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
