Wonder Woman is the real deal. With the relatively unknown Gal Gadot in the title role and Patty Jenkins as director, DC has finally produced a superhero movie with both action and heart. If you are expecting a feminist polemic, you will be surprised. This is a story about humanity, our virtues and sins, and the choices we make between the two. Diana (Gadot) is a young woman raised for a special purpose, one that is unwrapped throughout the film. Raised as the only child on an island of Amazons, the real world intrudes on her tranquil (although martial) environment when the plane of American Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes into the sea nearby. This begins her journey into a larger world as she pursues the mission for which she was destined. The film has a strong cast both among the Amazon women and the rag-tag force that Trevor recruits to accompany them on their mission. There is humor, social satire, romance, and certainly action (some of which m...
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