“Doctor Strange” is another big superhero movie from Marvel. It features some of the best special effects I’ve ever seen but sadly it didn’t quite deliver everything else I was hoping for.

Doctor Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch “The Imitation Game”, “War Horse”) is a brilliant neurosurgeon but then he’s involved in a car crash and now he is the one with the neuro problems. He travels to Nepal to find a way to heal himself but finds himself drawn into the world of mystical arts. It isn’t long before Doctor Strange finds himself battling to save the universe as we know from a demonic entity from another dimension.

Benedict Cumberbatch is somewhat enjoyable as Doctor Strange. The character creates some genuinely funny moments at times but sadly Doctor Strange is not as memorable as Spider-Man or Iron Man and that probably explains why it has taken this long for him to get a big movie. Tilda Swinton (“Constantine”) plays the ‘Ancient One’, who trains Strange and she does a decent job. Originally, the character was going to be a Tibetan man but was changed to a Celtic woman over fears the movie would not get a release in China. Madds Mikkelsen (“Casino Royale”) plays the villain and while he gives a good performance, the character just isn’t going to leave much of an impact.

I loved the special effects and the action sequences make the film like “Inception” taken to the next level. However, I think what disappointed me about “Doctor Strange” is that it really doesn’t manage to make aspects such as the characters and the story particularly entertaining. I think “Doctor Strange” is a really good offering from Marvel and it’s a better than most of their films but I really think it had the potential to be better than the first “Iron Man” and maybe even rival “Guardians of the Galaxy”.