Wonder Woman 1984 |
A sequel to the 2017 superhero film 'Wonder Woman.'
Fast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Woman's next big screen adventure finds her facing an all-new foe: The Cheetah. Principal photography is underway on Warner Bros. Pictures' follow up to the Super Hero's first outing, last summer's record-breaking "Wonder Woman," which took in $822 million at the worldwide box office. "Wonder Woman 1984" will also be helmed by acclaimed director Patty Jenkins, and star Gal Gadot in the title role.
Grossing more than $389 million at the US box office, Wonder Woman has been one of this summer's biggest blockbusters. It was no surprise that Gal Gadot would be donning her cape once again, and returning to our screens as the Amazonian princess.
In an interview with Vulture, the movie's producer, Charles Roven stated that it would not be a direct sequel to its predecessor.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Gal Gadot, Connie Nielsen
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Let's kick things off with a big statement, shall we? Wonder Woman 1984 is the best superhero movie blockbuster of 2020.
Now let's add one small detail.
Wonder Woman 1984 is the only superhero movie blockbuster of 2020.
If you have spent the year stressed out and messed up by the absence of any big-screen , brandname saviours of the world, then Wonder Woman 1984 will just about put things right.
Not by means of quality, mind you. This sequel to Wonder Woman's billion-grossing origin story (released in 2017) is slightly sappier and far more crappier than its predecessor.
However, when it comes to quantity, Wonder Woman 1984 has got y'all well and truly covered.
Clocking in at a mammoth 150 minutes plus, nobody can accuse the filmmakers of not giving fans every possible chance to worship their favourite lariat-twirling heroine.
The new movie kicks off with a cheesy, yet mildly exciting prologue set a few thousand years ago. You know, when Wonder Woman was just a kid. She almost wins her home island's version of Ninja Warrior, until she is disqualified late in the event for taking an unauthorised short cut.
We are then fast-tracked to Los Angeles in 1984, where Wonder Woman's glamourzon adult alter ego Diana Prince (Gal Gadot) is working as head anthropologist of the city's leading museum.
Diana really misses her late, great boyfriend Steve, and hasn't dated anybody since they were an item back in World War 1.
Long bouts of loneliness are interrupted only when Diana can switch to costumed crime-fighter mode, belting up bad guys as Wonder Woman, with LA police and media none the wiser.
From here we proceed to the main plot, where a prototype Donald Trump named Maxwell Lord (played by Pedro Pascal) is cornering the world's oil market with a magic rock that grants all wishes in seconds flat.
Lord's ever-expanding megalomania knows no bounds, triggering everything from a possible nuclear war with the Russians to the surprise reappearance of Diana's late, great boyfriend Steve (Chris Pine).
The deranged supervillain Lord also becomes responsible for the unlikely transformation of Diana's dowdy co-worker Minerva (Kristen Wiig) into a deranged supervillainess.
On and on this wonky, barely coherent tale goes, weakened further still by the wonky, barely expressive acting skills of Gadot.
Review by LEIGH PAATSCH from the December 24, 2020 issue of The Herald Sun Digital Edition.
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