Review of Wonder Woman (2017) by Leon B — 06 Jul 2017

Review:

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, and I think that Gal Gadot was the perfect choice to play Wonderwoman. The action was top form, and you can see were every penny of the big budget went. The beginning of the film follows Diana (Wonderwoman) as a child, and it shows how she gained her powers, against her mother, Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) wishes. After doing her daily training with Antiope (Robin Wright), Diana witnesses a plane crash into the ocean, so she rushes to save the pilot, Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), who turns out to be a spy for the Army. When Steve tells the Amazonians about his conflict with the German army, Diana decides to leave the sheltered paradise island, because she believes that she will come across the God of all evil, Ares, who has caused the war. During there mission, Steve gathers his close friends, Sameer (Said Taghmaoui), Charlie (Ewen Bremner) and the Chief (Eugene Brave Rock) to get some precious information to his superiors but Diana has only one thing on her mind, to find Ares and to put an end to all evil. Its quite an intelligent story which is well put together by the director, and it's interesting throughout. The spectacular action scenes, and stunning scenery certainly gives the Marvel camp a run for there money, and the touch of wit from Steve's secretary, Etta (Lucy Davis), covered another element which worked very well. I was surprised not to see any of the other DC action heroes making an appearance, and I was expecting some additional footage at the end credits but apart from that, this movie is definitely worth a watch, and it has to go down as one of my favourites for this year. Great Watch!

Round-Up:

This movie was directed by Patty Jenkins, 46, who also brought you Monster starring Charlize Theron, which earned Theron an Academy award. As this is Jenkins 2nd movie to date, she has certainly got an high reputation in Hollywood by bringing "Girl Power" movies to the big screen, and after watching the bonus material, she tried her utmost to stay true to the Wonderwoman legacy, which everyone has grown to love. Gal Gadot, 32, previously starred in Fast & Furious, Date Night, Knight & Day, Fast & Furious 5, 6 and 7, the great Criminal starring Kevin Costner, Keeping Up With The Joneses, Triple 9 and Batman vs. Superman but it's really this movie that has made her a major star. Her attractive looks make her stand out from the rest but her action skills in this movie has shown that she is willing to put in the work. The only reason why I wouldn't give this movie full marks is because it seemed a bit distant from the other DC comic movies, and it does take some time to get going but apart from that, it definitely gets the thumbs up from me.

Budget: $149million.

Worldwide Gross: $821.5million.

Genre: Action, Adventure and Fantasy.

Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Saiid Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Lucy Davis and James Cosmo. 8/10.