The climax subverts typical superhero logic. Strange cannot defeat Wanda by fighting harder. Instead, after Wanda corners America Chavez and tries to drain her power, Chavez realizes she has always been afraid of hurting people with her ability—so she’s never truly controlled it. When she stops being afraid, she opens a portal directly to a universe where Wanda’s sons are real and happy without her.
The villain of the piece is quickly revealed: not a demon, but Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). Grief-stricken after the events of WandaVision , where she was forced to kill her imagined husband and children, Wanda has become corrupted by the Darkhold —a book of cursed spells that promises the power of “dreamwalking” (possessing one’s alternate self in another universe). She believes that if she can steal America Chavez’s power, she can find a universe where her sons, Billy and Tommy, are real and alive.
The movie opens with a terrified America Chavez running through a crumbling New York City, pursued by a grotesque, tentacled Gargantos. She is saved by Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), now haunted by nightmares of his own alternate self. He learns that Chavez cannot control her power—she jumps universes whenever she’s frightened.
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The climax subverts typical superhero logic. Strange cannot defeat Wanda by fighting harder. Instead, after Wanda corners America Chavez and tries to drain her power, Chavez realizes she has always been afraid of hurting people with her ability—so she’s never truly controlled it. When she stops being afraid, she opens a portal directly to a universe where Wanda’s sons are real and happy without her.
The villain of the piece is quickly revealed: not a demon, but Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen). Grief-stricken after the events of WandaVision , where she was forced to kill her imagined husband and children, Wanda has become corrupted by the Darkhold —a book of cursed spells that promises the power of “dreamwalking” (possessing one’s alternate self in another universe). She believes that if she can steal America Chavez’s power, she can find a universe where her sons, Billy and Tommy, are real and alive. Doctor.Strange.in.the.Multiverse.of.Madness.202...
The movie opens with a terrified America Chavez running through a crumbling New York City, pursued by a grotesque, tentacled Gargantos. She is saved by Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), now haunted by nightmares of his own alternate self. He learns that Chavez cannot control her power—she jumps universes whenever she’s frightened. The climax subverts typical superhero logic