Marvel's streak of very good movies, starting with Black Widow in 2021, has come to a screeching halt with this multi-confusing, convoluted Dr. Strange debacle. A proven director, this disappointing Sam Raimi effort is nothing short of a horror movie with its demons, zombies and pretty frightening (at times) effects. So much so that a mom sitting near us took her 8-year oldish son from the theater about half way through, never to return. Maybe it had something to do with watching a 16 year old girl being tortured by the Scarlet Witch. Unlike the innocent Spider-Man, Iron Man and Captain America-type movies, I would not take any one under 10 (at least) to see this.

For some reason, some of the writers in this series like to make the good guys into bad guys, and pit Avenger vs. Avenger. It's done here again with a suddenly delusional, occasionally evil Scarlet Witch, who has somehow developed powers she didn't have when facing Thanos a few movies earlier. She does do the right thing at end, but it's too late to save this scary, creature feature.ghoul fest. Not even the lame special guest appearances could help. Save yourself two hours (felt like three) and skip it.