Considering the paucity of recognisable characters the DCEU has in comparison with the MCU, it's pretty futile to attempt to compete any more. It won't stop them trying to get a small slice of the massive superhero franchise cake, though. And since the first Wonder Woman film did make a tidy profit, turning out another was a foregone conclusion.
But a decent script would have helped, with the heroine now having progressed to 1984 and having to deal with a dodgy businessman who uses the power of a magical artifact that grants anyone who touches it one wish to - drumroll please - rule the world. And of course the wishes have horrendous adverse effects too, leading to a neat set of bland moral lessons to be drawn once the dust has settled, after two and a half hours of nothing much to engage the mind except spotting the numerous infringements of the film's own internal logic. Gal Gadot still makes for a strong lead and there are some entertaining scenes playing on the bewilderment of her miraculously resurrected lover from 70 years before with the world of the '80s, but that's just about all.
5/10
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