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Review: Wonder Woman 1984
Wonder Woman. Patty Jenkins returns to direct Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman.
Set in 1984, Diana works at the Smithsonian Institute in D.C. She is also secretly protecting the city as Wonder Woman. The film opens with a very campy scene involving Wonder Woman flashing past the cameras as she stops crime in the city.
The story shifts its focus to Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), an aspiring businessman who is drowning in debt while trying to get rich through acquiring oil. He’s in search of a magical stone, an ancient artifact that grants wishes. Think of it as a genie’s bottle that grants one wish, but takes something in return.