‘Madame Web’ Gets Tangled Up in Itself

The film Madame Web does not feature its most iconic line.

Director S. J. Clarkson directed the film, directed with flair and helplessness.

It's a strange movie whose tortured existence is the most compelling thing about it.

The movie feels very much like a relic from a go-go heyday recently ended.

And Clarkson never makes good use of Cassie ’s supernatural gifts.

She crashes a few cars and sets a fireworks warehouse ablaze, only barely escaping calamity.

I suppose Ms. Web is meant to come into full command of her abilities in a sequel, which will likely only ever exist in the multiverse of our minds.