Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse vs The Time Machine

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.3/10 for The Time Machine). The Time Machine is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 20m. The Time Machine is the older of the two (2002 against 2023). Both are action, adventure, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse posterSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023 VS The Time Machine posterThe Time Machine2002
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseThe Time Machine
Audience score★ 8.3/10★ 6.3/10
Year20232002
Length2h 20m1h 36m
GenresAction, Adventure, Animation, Science FictionAction, Adventure, Science Fiction
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorJoaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. ThompsonSimon Wells
Main castShea Whigham, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, Issa Rae, Hailee SteinfeldSienna Guillory, Guy Pearce, Orlando Jones, Jeremy Irons, Phyllida Law

Synopsis

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.

The Time Machine

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

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