When you bring Sam Raimi to the Marvel cinematic universe, you can bet you’ll get something different, and that’s definitely the case with his rather scary look at MCU’s latest record, Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. Although Raimi is well acquainted with the world of Marvel comics after directing the first Spider-Man trilogy, he is equally famous for many other genres, certainly with his horror filmography, including The Evil Dead and Drag Me To Hell among many others, and here he successfully and amusingly manages to mix this kind of grim horror storytelling with favorite established characters in MCU.
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays Dr. Stephen Strange, a wizard and wizard and superhero who can come up with all sorts of color spells to save the day, just as he did in his first solo film of 2016, and again in MCU films such as Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and will soon present his unique tour of parallel universes in a much lighter form in Spider-Man: No Way Home. To this end, he travels around the multiverse, meeting different countries – so to speak – of key players, including himself. Most notable, however, is the reunion with Wanda Maximoff, also known as the Scarlet Witch, played by Elizabeth Olson, who steals this movie lock, butt and barrel. No shock, as it comes out of its own version of Disney + for the character in WandaVision, which acts as a nice setting for what starts happening here when Strange lures Wanda to help him deal with a young girl named America Chavez (Jochitl Gomez), which turns out to have a keen ability to traverse many multiverses, but he doesn’t know how to control his forces.
When Strange suddenly leaves Christine Palmer’s wedding (Rachel McAdams returns) to repel a giant octopus creature called Gargantos that chases America through the streets of the city to capture it and take its forces for itself, it’s just the beginning of a beautiful and complex relationship. America becomes the number one target for the enchanting and dazzling Alena witch, the evil side of Wanda, who is now trapped in another dimension and looking for her way back to motherhood and two young sons who have visions in an alternate universe and a very different life. . -existence without prisoners, in which she now uses her extraordinary powers to destroy anyone and everything that comes her way. She needs to gain America’s ability to return to her children – or so she thinks. She became a major enemy for Strange and company. In light of all this, Mother’s Day weekend seems to be the perfect release date that Disney chose to unleash this particular box office monster. And when it comes to monsters, there are plenty of them.
As for where everything goes, the less is said, the better, because there are a lot of surprises, and that includes the many no-charge stars that show up, which got a lot of joy at Monday night’s screening at Century City, and believe me, there will be a lot of buzz for them, as well as for those who appear in the obligatory scenes of the final titles, where they assure us that “Doctor Stranger will return.” After this very raimified version, I hope that Strange will return with this director, because with the help of screenwriter Michael Waldron (Loki), it feels like the best Marvel film to date, at least one that is not afraid to deviate from expected MCU march orders, but also quite faithful to the bible of comics in keeping the story in line with the overall arc of these intertwined things. It’s winning everywhere.
Cumberbatch is having a great time this time in several incarnations of Stephen Strange, including fighting against himself, and this actor undoubtedly makes them his own, even if Olson rushes in with such fierce force that she takes full command when on screen. McAdams has some good moments, as does the always trustworthy Benedict Wong, now promoted to Supreme Wizard Wong for this sequel. Gomez is a great find like America. Chivetel Eggiofor will soon play his tired Mordo. as well as Michael Stullberg as former Strange colleague Dr. Nick West (they have a particularly amusing scene at the beginning of the church). It is especially encouraging that so many women, including the beautiful Sheila Atim, get such a strong showcase in a movie like this.
The film is presented on all fronts, including the great result of Danny Elfman, and it looks great, even if the huge amounts of CGI psychedelic images are a little exaggerated. This thing rarely slows down to breathe in 2+ hours of work. Fortunately, it does not waste its welcome for the fans and they will inevitably come en masse when it opens on Friday after the previews on Thursday night. Produced by Kevin Feigy, of course. Rest assured that although there is a lot of blood, something Raimi is very capable of reaching to the limit, it’s hard for PG13 to handle it all here, stopping before it becomes too annoying for families.
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