The screening of the fantastic action movie Wonder Woman 1984 begins on the screens of Russian cinemas - the continuation of the Wonder Woman film, which was released in 2017.
It was directed again by Patty Jenkins.
This time she also took part in writing the script.
Gal Gadot played the main role again.
Together with her in the frame - Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Kristen Wiig, Robin Wright and others.
Lynda Carter also joined the cast - in the 1970s she played Wonder Woman in the TV series of the same name.
As the title of the new film suggests, Wonder Woman ends up in 1984.
Over the decades spent among people, she has not changed at all outwardly (however, she has lost her former naivety).
Meanwhile, the world around him has become completely different.
Diana moved to Washington and took a job at the Smithsonian Institution.
The heroine did not acquire a pair.
She keeps the watch of the deceased lover Steve, as well as a photograph of him in the background of the ranch.
Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) becomes one of Wonder Woman's colleagues.
She has little in common with both the Roman goddess, whose name the comic book authors used as the surname of Barbara, and with Diana Prince.
And the shy, awkward and nervous Barbara really wants to be as confident, beautiful and strong.
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Maxwell Lord also enters the institute.
The new character of Pedro Pascal is an immigrant of Italian descent who is trying with all his might to succeed in life.
Things are going badly for him.
The viewer catches Lord at the moment when he is trying to attract investors to the company for the extraction of oil from fields that have already dried up.
The life of all three is changed by a magical artifact - a stone that grants wishes.
Barbara becomes attractive and super strong, and Steve returns to Diana (however, Patty Jenkins does not give almost any details on this).
Maxwell Lord chose for himself an intricate path to world domination.
Since desires are not fulfilled exactly as people imagine, the world is plunged into chaos and violence.
In addition to new enemies, Diana will face difficult moral choices and her own impotence.
The central theme of the Wonder Woman 1984 film was greed and the associated choice between what you want and what is right.
Plot problems and inconclusive special effects
Foreign critics agreed that the film loses to the first part.
The reviewers were dissatisfied primarily with the plot.
The film is over 2.5 hours long, but the action is unevenly distributed.
Variety author Peter Debrugge draws attention to the fact that the ending turned out to be crumpled: only a few minutes are allotted for the battle scene and other action, as well as a philosophical monologue.
Vanity Fair critic Richard Lawson echoes it.
Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist noted that a couple of contradictions crept into the plot.
While they do not have much of an impact on the story, they can spoil the viewing experience for attentive viewers.
Critics also disliked the special effects - Debrugge and Perez considered them unnatural.
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Successful start and ambitious plans
In the United States, where viewers were able to watch the film simultaneously in cinemas and on the HBO Max online platform, the tape attracted a large audience both in theaters and on the Internet.
The film grossed an impressive $ 16.7 million in its first weekend at home (released on Christmas Eve).
At the moment, the collection of the tape in the world has exceeded $ 118 million.
Audience interest pushed Warner Bros.
to the announcement of the third and final part of the series of solo films about Wonder Woman.
It has already been announced that work on the project will be completed by a tandem of Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot.