Wonder Woman (12A)
A whopping 76 years – that’s how old the Wonder Woman character is, and it’s only now the powerful heroine finds her way onto the big screen for her first solo adventure.
But Gal Gadot stole scenes with her small role as the Amazonian princess in the mediocre Batman vs Superman and the world is more than ready for its first female-led comic book movie.
Expectation levels going in were also tempered by the patchy start DC’s Cinematic Universe has endured up until now.
However, Patty Jenkins’ breezy, crowdpleasing blockbuster doesn’t buckle under the pressure of steering the studio into less rocky waters – in fact, Wonder Woman rises to the challenge of saving the day.
For the most part, the story pans out during World War I when pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crash lands on the island of Themyscira, where Gadot’s princess and her mother Queen Hippolyta (Connie Nielsen) rule the roost.
Cue Superman and Thor-like fish-out-ofwater scenarios as Pine and Gadot struggle to adjust to their surroundings – the latter when she leaves her home for London to try and bring an early end to the war.
It’s levity like this in Batman vs Superman helmer Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs’ story that lends the film a welcome lightness of touch posted missing in DC’s