Yesterday, I went to Harkins Theatres to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) latest Phase 4 movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Just like its 2016 predecessor Doctor Strange, this sequel was cerebral and action-packed...and loaded with tons of mind-blowing visual effects. After playing the Master of the Mystic Arts for six MCU movies now (including this one), Benedict Cumberbatch has clearly nailed this role down—which obviously doesn't come as a surprise considering that he's a 2-time Academy Award nominee.
In regards to the story, The Multiverse of Madness continues the events that transpired in last year's Spider-Man: No Way Home and the Disney+ streaming series, WandaVision. Doctor Strange has to deal with the repercussions of opening the multiverse in his attempt to help Peter Parker make the world forget that he's Spider-Man, while also dealing with the threat posed by Wanda Maximoff (superbly played by Elizabeth Olsen)...who'll destroy anything and anyone who gets in her way of reuniting with her two children from Westview.
It must've been intense for the people who watched WandaVision last year to see how her character turned out in The Multiverse of Madness. (I only viewed spoilers for this series online.) Wanda is the most powerful person to fight on the Avengers, and she became even more powerful—and extremely terrifying—as Scarlet Witch. Despite what transpired at the end of the movie, I'm darn sure that we'll see Wanda again in the future.
The rest of the cast was superb...with Rachel McAdams returning as Dr. Christine Palmer, Benedict Wong reprising his role as Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, and Chiwetel Ejiofor playing Strange's arch-nemesis Baron Mordo once more. Xochitl Gomez was commendable in her role as the multiverse-crossing America Chavez, while the actors who made surprise cameos (I'll just list John Krasinski and Hayley Atwell here) were fantastic—pun intended—in their appearances as well.
Danny Elfman's music score for The Multiverse of Madness wasn't exactly as memorable as his work on director Sam Raimi's first two Spider-Man films and Tim Burton's two Batman movies, but that shouldn't come as a surprise since the MCU isn't really known for orchestral scores that you can play over and over on MP3.
It was refreshing to see Raimi helm another Marvel movie once more. Of course, it's not a true Raimi film without his good friend and Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell—who had a cameo in each installment of Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy—making a quick but hilarious appearance in The Multiverse of Madness as well!
I look forward to Doctor Strange's next adventure on the big screen. Happy Mother's Day!
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