Very average action film with incredible graphics

Rating: 5/10 (27 November 2016)

Benedict Cumberbatch looks stuck in a particular kind of a role. He is forever playing the role of a genius egotist who has to save the world. When I saw 'The Imitation Game' I gave him the benefit of the doubt and now it's the same thing all over again. The movie follows a fairly predictable path of evolution as we see him making wisecracks at his colleagues and then falling at the hands of his own arrogance. Here again, his portrayal of a genius egotistical eccentric doctor reminds me a lot of Dr House from the TV show House MD. As he enters the world of metaphysical voodoo of inter- dimensional travel, the story starts to make a lot less sense. The little jokes in between were of some relief in the tiresome spiralling of the plot as we chased the camera down to time travelling forces having the one and the only motive of 'destroying earth'. The special effects are amazing in this one. I really liked the cape though; thought it had some personality which neither the story nor the characters had. Even the rogue wizard turned out to be an expressionless fall guy. The villains could have done with some more panache. I think that holds for the film as a whole as well.
Overall, a very average action flick with cool graphics.