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The main issue is that it’s a bit of a kitchen sink movie centered on an entirely new and underdeveloped character, America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), a teen who has the power to travel the multiverse but doesn’t quite know how to control it. He mostly sticks to the framework established by Scott Derrickson. But Raimi doesn’t take “Doctor Strange” to an entirely new tonal place, like, say Taika Waititi did with Thor. There are horror elements, too, some so intense that families might think twice before bringing everyone to the multiplex, some interesting visuals not entirely dissimilar to the city-bending of “Inception” and some humor. Raimi was able to put his own stamp on this endeavor, including but not limited to a Bruce Campbell cameo. His “Spider-Man” movies are still among the top of the crop of modern superhero franchises, after all. So it’s especially interesting that Sam Raimi agreed to jump into this messy corporate multiverse at this point. This is not a surprise or a burden to Marvel fans, but it does seem like quite a lot to ask of the average moviegoer (though perhaps at this point they’re one and the same).
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Not only that, understanding, or at least being invested in “Doctor Strange 2,” also requires some passing knowledge of “WandaVision,” the nine-episode Disney+ series that runs almost six hours total. One could not simply watch “Doctor Strange” and then “Doctor Strange 2” and expect it to make sense. But so much has happened in Marvel land that involves Stephen Strange and his goatee - “Infinity War,” “Endgame” and, yes, the most recent “Spider-Man” - that where it falls in the “Doctor Strange” standalone film continuity is entirely beside the point. This film is technically the sequel to “Doctor Strange,” a movie that came out six years ago.
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“ Spider-Man: No Way Home ” opened the door to the concept, to mostly charming results, but now Benedict Cumberbatch’s master of the mystic arts is flying through the interdimensional portal with the concept in “ Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.” And for the moment that means a lot of cameo opportunities. No work of fiction ever needs permission to break the rules or push the boundaries of traditional storytelling, but the multiverse, at least as it’s been served up in recent Marvel movies, practically demands it. Once a superhero franchise goes multiverse, it’s hard to go back.