“So, so many things.”

From Wonder Woman 1984.

In the forty years since leaving her mother (Connie Nielsen) and fellow eternal warriors (including Robin Wright) to stop WWII, Diana (Gal Gadot) has been living in the shadows. Now 1984, the world is vastly different, but Diana continues to fight evil as the mysterious hero Wonder Woman. The often-invisible Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) is a geologist and zoologist working for the Smithsonian with Diana, but when she is tasked with identifying a mysterious stone for the FBI, everything changes. Diana is able to read the inscription on the stone that promises to grant one’s greatest wish, and she subconsciously wishes to be reunited with her long-dead boyfriend, Steve (Chris Pine); Barbara also makes a wish: to be like Diana. As Barbara finds herself becoming stronger and noticed, Diana is approached by a man (Kristoffer Polaha) and she quickly realizes that Steve’s mind has somehow been placed in this man’s body in answer to her wish. Meanwhile, a failing oil tycoon wannabe, Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), reaches out to Barbara to offer a giant donation to the Smithsonian for her work, and thrilled with the attention, Barbara allows him access to the stone. Diana is overjoyed to have Steve back, but her desire to find out how the stone granted her wish pushes her to search for answers with Barbara. The women soon discover that this ancient stone is responsible for the destruction of countless cultures in history, and can only be defeated if those that has used it to fulfill a wish renounce their wish. Both Diana and Barbara struggle with the idea of giving up their wish, but each one responds differently to the news as Diana and Steve head off to find and stop Maxwell before he destroys the world and Barbara uses her newfound abilities to stop Diana. As Maxwell reaches more and more people with the stone’s power, Diana is faced with the hardest decision of her life as the fate of the world is once again in her hands.

The sequel to the 2017 original, this movie is full of action and solid character development. Gadot leads a highly talented cast through bold sets, edge-of-your-seat fights, and impressive special effects. Wonder Woman 1984 checks all the boxes for a captivating superhero movie that will leave fans desperately awaiting for the hero’s return.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time: 150 minutes |Genre: action/superhero/fantasy|

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 2 of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 4 of 10

|AVAILABLE FOR HOME VIEWING|

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