Great special effects; nothing else. No story, no humor, nothing clever

Rating: 1/10 (25 November 2016)

This was one of the greatest disappointments to me as a movie. There are great (if repetitive) special effects. Very impressive, they must have enormous computational power to achieve this. But are special effects enough to make a movie? I don't think so. There is really no story. No tension. Why no mind-games? One might expect these with Benedict Cumberbatch as the lead. Why wasn't Dr. Strange faced with some terrible ethical dilemma? The climactic scene is pathetic, with no drama, no suspense. Do truly evil beings REALLY always keep their word? Sophomoric writing throughout, and some good actors trying hard to make something of it, but they were doomed to failure.