Stranger Things.

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2017)

Hearing praise from a family friend for Captain America: Civil War,I found the flick to revive my interest in the Comic-Book movie genre. Sadly missing the chance to see it on the big screen,I was pleased to spot find the latest Marvel issue on DVD,which led to me going to meet the good doctor.
The plot:
Credited as one of the best neurosurgeons, Dr.Stephen Strange walks round with an arrogance of knowing that he is the best. Checking patient reports as he drives home,Strange gets in a terrible crash that leaves him without the use of his hands. Sinking into depression,Strange is shocked to learn during rehab of a patient with a broken back,who went to "The East" and came back walking home. Locating the "healing temple",Strange soon finds his broken hands opening another dimension.
View on the film:
Doing well at wearing a fake US accent oddly similar to the one fellow British actor Hugh Laurie used in House, Benedict Cumberbatch gives a very good performance as Strange. Aware of his brilliance, Cumberbatch gives Strange a comedic line of arrogance,which are handled by Cumberbatch with a grit of Strange having to find superpowers to save his own life. Losing his eyes for CGI specs, Mads Mikkelsen still finds space to get his teeth into a boo-his performance as Kaecilius,while Tilda Swinton gets into the mystical groove as Strange teacher The Ancient One.
Keeping links to the Marvel Universe limited to an end-credits scene,the screenplay by co-writer/(with Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill) director Scott Derrickson rolls out a fizzy mix of Martial Arts Action and shiny Comic-Book origin magic. Despite the ending being abrupt and Strange's ex being pushed to the sidelines,the writers make the flaws ones easy to forgive,thanks to Strange's new psychedelic world giving the Comic-Book origins a refreshing spin.
Bringing "magic" into Marvel flicks,director Derrickson and cinematographer Ben Davis present a spectacular kaleidoscope world,seamlessly looping real locations with overlapping CGI that superbly alters the "real world" appearance. Sending Strange round the planet of every universe, Derrickson bravely dips into surrealism,as Strange discovers his powers in a cosmic wave of purple planets and gold/green psychedelic tides,as Strange becomes the strangest Marvel superhero.