As promised I will be reviewing Wonder Woman 2009. This is the fourth film from the DC Universe Original Animated Movies. It is the origin of Wonder Woman and in my opinion it ranks as one of the best that the DC team have done. There is no doubt that this film is epic in every proportion. From the start it is non stop action. It starts with a tribe of warrior women known as Amazons fighting Ares The God of War. The amazons are led by their queen Hippolyta, the fighting is brutal and many of the amazons die fighting Ares's minions. It turns out Hippolyta and Ares were lovers and she had a son Thrax. The battle ends with Hippolyta beheading her own son and one of the amazons known as Pershephone blinded and my of their sisters dead on the battlefield. Ares is bounded by the Gods of Olympus and imprisoned by the amazons. The gods promise a child to Hippolyta and in the end she carves out the image of a child in the sand and Wonder Woman is born.Many years later Wonder Woman aka Princess Diana and her sisters are safely hidden on the island
of Themyscira hidden from the world of man. Meanwhile an American pilot known as Steve Trevor and his two mates are on routine check when they are attacked. Steve's plane is shot down and he lands on the secret island where he spies on some of the amazons bathing and is apprehended by Diana and questioned. It is decided that there will be a contest to see who will take him back to the real world. Diana wins the contest but her celebration is short lived as Pershephone has killed a fellow amazon Alexa and released Ares on the world. It is up to Diana and Steve to save the world but it becomes a battlefield littered with corps's.
of Themyscira hidden from the world of man. Meanwhile an American pilot known as Steve Trevor and his two mates are on routine check when they are attacked. Steve's plane is shot down and he lands on the secret island where he spies on some of the amazons bathing and is apprehended by Diana and questioned. It is decided that there will be a contest to see who will take him back to the real world. Diana wins the contest but her celebration is short lived as Pershephone has killed a fellow amazon Alexa and released Ares on the world. It is up to Diana and Steve to save the world but it becomes a battlefield littered with corps's.I really enjoyed this film. It is probably the most violent film that DC universe have done, there is people's necks broken, people beheaded and skewered in battle. It is rated PG in Ireland and 12 in UK. It isn't suitable for very children because of the violence throughout the film. That being said it didn't stop me from enjoying it. The film has an epic feel right from the start. The battles are excellent and the voice acting is once again top quality. The animation is once again excellent. I give this film a definite 10/10. I can't wait for the next DC film Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths which is due for release in Feb 2010.
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