Stylised as WW84, Patty Jenkins returns to direct Cold War based sequel.
Gal Gadot - Diana Prince/Wonder Woman
Chris Pine - Steve Trevor
Kristen Wiig - Barbara Minerva/Cheetah
Pedro Pascal - Maxwell Lord
Robin Wright - Antiope
Connie Nielsen - Hippolyta
Summary
After foiling an attempted robbery of precious antiquities at a shopping mall, Diana rescues Barbara Minerva from a random attack, who soon becomes green with envy.
Struggling TV personality and bankrupt oil baron Max Lord gets friendly with Barbara at a party and nabs the Dreamstone. He then 'prays' to trinket and becomes it, gaining wish-granting powers.
Greedy git becomes rich and powerful, but world domination comes at a price as over time, health gradually deteriorates. Stone was actually empowered by Dechalafrea Ero, aka Dolos, who gives, but takes a whole lot more.
Hey, they don't call evil God the Duke of Deception for nothing you know.
Diana and Steve (who she unknowingly resurrected) travel to Cairo to save the world.
Mid-credits
Lynda Carter cameos as Asteria, who is secretly living among humankind.
Self-indulgent rubbish
Original wasn't great by any means, but apart looking nice (albeit once again guilty of some very unconvincing CG), this was a complete failure.
Gadot is fine and Pine adds a modicum of humour, but even that's scraping the bottom of an extremely boring barrel.
By the 90 minute mark, I was losing the will to live, but having spent £15.99 for the 'privilege', I remained optimistic that piss poor Indiana Jones yarn would boast a spectacular climax.
Guess what?
Babs belatedly becomes Cheetah and locks horns with Diana. Apex predator is electrocuted underwater, and survives.
(Sigh).
Oh, Diana's golden armour is based on Alex Ross's graphic novel Kingdom Come, with creator reportedly upset at not receiving any credit.
Understandable really.
Wiig's shy, almost pathetic portrayal seems to clone Michelle Pfeiffer's Selina Kyle in Batman Returns and Pascal is probably DC's worst live-action villain since Steppenwolf.
Diana uses the Lasso of Truth to communicate with the world through him, which is enough for everybody to renounce their wishes.
He then reunites with estranged son Alistair.
Pass me a bucket...
Anachronism(s)
Near the beginning, amusement arcade features Rampage and Operation Wolf. Trouble is, games weren't released until 1986 and 1987 respectively.
HILARIOUS.
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