Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness 4K 2022 Ultra HD 2160p

Story Movie

Doctor Strange, with the help of Wong, saves a teenage girl named America Chavez from a giant octopus, who, when startled, can open portals to parallel universes. Trying to keep his new friend safe from an evil force that wants her ability, the Doctor embarks on a journey through the multiverse with America.

Review 4K Movie

You can't call this movie bad, a lot of effort and money has been put into it, the only thing that comes to mind is that the movie is out of place.

The classic Danny Elfman-esque 'Justice League' music, interspersed with electric guitar solos in creepy moments, is out of place. Out of place is Sam Raimi's transitions game, in the style of the 'Bewitched' splash screen. The overly adult, perhaps even elderly themes and jokes are out of place, as if the film's target audience is not teenagers, but people over 65+ along with their grandchildren.

Elizabeth Olsen's performance was the undoubted highlight of the film, but even she couldn't fix the fact that the 'Multiverse' screenwriters put a cross on the actress' solo project 'WandaVision', where her character had already made her way to redemption. To put it bluntly, the Scarlet Witch is needed in this movie as a tool to introduce America Chavez. The situation is made even worse by the fact that America, a character who is an idol of youth for her perky disposition, just runs after Strange the entire movie without any clear motivation or any thought behind her actions.

Wanda's story lends itself to corrosion in this chapter. Unfortunately, the story is told on behalf of Stephen, suffering from unrequited love and judgment from his peers, so we are not shown Wanda's doubts, nor are we shown how the book of the damned affects her mind. We are thrown right into the story, where she acts only as a developmental tool for the other characters.

Speaking of the Darkhold book being used in the story as the catalyst for everything dark about Wanda, it should be mentioned that she wasn't the only one who owned the book. Both Agatha and Strange, after casting Darkhold spells, were sober and still themselves. But as soon as Wanda touched the book, she immediately lost all her morals and turned into a mad witch. Well, I think we saw this film before and we didn`t like the ending.

Here a seemingly unexpected comparison comes to mind - Dark Phoenix by fox studios. In both pictures the powerful redheaded girls are forced to sacrifice for the greater good and suffer for their mistakes, while the male characters of Charles Xavier and Stephen Strange get the chance at redemption without any sacrifice on their part.

If we talk about the film as a whole, it is a good family drama-comedy with elements of horror, the target audience of which is the director himself, the 62-year-old Sam Raimi. This film is steeped in issues of aging, lack of happiness in life and raising a new generation. Surprisingly, 'Multiverse of Madness' turned out to be more like a drama comedy '1+1' than a witchcraft blockbuster or a horror film.