The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Richard Parker , a scientist who left Oscorp , records a video message to explain his disappearance. He and his wife Mary flee aboard a private jet, which is soon hijacked by an assassin. The jet crashes and kills both Richard and Mary. Years later, Richard and Mary's son, Peter, continues to fight crime as Spider-Man .

After apprehending the Russian criminal Aleksei Sytsevich , Peter attends his high school graduation. He is dating Gwen Stacy but is torn by guilt, having promised Gwen's late father that he would avoid her to keep her safe. Due to Peter's reservations about the relationship, Gwen breaks up with him. A few months later, Peter's childhood friend, Harry Osborn , returns home to see his dying father, Norman Osborn , the CEO of Oscorp .

Norman explains that his fatal illness is genetic, and that Harry will soon begin having symptoms. Norman dies soon after, and Harry inherits Oscorp. While working in an Oscorp laboratory, mild-mannered electrical engineer Max Dillon accidentally falls into a tank of genetically engineered electric eels , causing him to mutate into an electrokinetic being. Unaware of the extent of his power, Max wanders into Times Square , where he inadvertently causes a power outage.

Peter arrives and helps the police apprehend Max, who is incarcerated at Ravencroft Institute . Gwen tells Peter that she will move to England if she earns a scholarship to Oxford University . The first symptoms of Harry's illness begin showing, and he uses information his father gave him to deduce that Spider-Man's blood could save him. He asks Peter, who has been selling photos of Spider-Man to the Daily Bugle , to help him find Spider-Man.

Peter is unsure what effects his blood would have on Harry, but is worried it could cause a dangerous mutation. Disguised as Spider-Man, Peter refuses to give blood to Harry, which enrages him. The vice president of Oscorp, Donald Menken, frames Harry for covering up Max's accident and takes control of the company. Harry offers to liberate Max, who now calls himself "Electro", in exchange for getting Harry back inside the Oscorp building; Max agrees.

Upon returning to Oscorp, Harry forces Menken to inject him with venom from genetically altered spiders. The venom turns Harry into a goblin-like being , and he puts on an armored suit that can heal injuries to his body. Meanwhile, Peter finds his father's video message, which reveals that his parents had to flee because Richard refused to collaborate with Norman on the creation of biogenetic weapons. Gwen is offered the Oxford scholarship, after which Peter professes his love for her and decides to move to England with her.

Max causes a power outage at a power station. Peter and Gwen arrive and overload Max's body with electricity, killing him. Harry arrives equipped with weapons, and discovers that Peter is Spider-Man. Swearing vengeance, he takes Gwen to the top of a clock tower.

Peter subdues Harry but is unable to stop Gwen from falling to her death. Wracked by guilt and sorrow, Peter ends his career as Spider-Man. Five months later, Harry is incarcerated at Ravencroft. When his associate, Gustav Fiers , visits him, Harry orders Fiers to break Sytsevich out of prison and provide him with Oscorp weaponry.

Equipped with an electromechanical suit of armor, Sytsevich dubs himself "The Rhino" and rampages through the streets. Peter, re-inspired after watching a video of Gwen's graduation speech, returns to confront him as Spider-Man.