Wonder Woman 1984 is currently running in Indian theaters. Patty Jenkins’ director brings Gal Gadot back in the role of the Amazon superhero. Set in the 1980s, the DC movie pits Gal Gadot’s Diana against Kristen Wiig’s Cheetah and Pedro Pascal’s Maxwell Lord.
The film has received mostly positive reviews, although critics have said it is nowhere near as good as the original 2017 film.
What Happens at the End of Wonder Woman 1984? (SPOILERS AHEAD)
In the 1980s, Diana works as a senior anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute, where she meets Barbara Ann Minerva (Wiig), an insecure woman who wants to be as powerful, confident and stylish as Diana.
Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984. (Picture: Warner Bros)
Pascal’s Maxwell is a businessman who wants the Dreamstone, the MacGuffin of the movie that starts the primary conflict in the movie. It is the Dreamstone that brings Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) back to Diana’s life and turns Minerva into Cheetah. It fulfills wishes, but also takes back something vital. When Diana gets Steve back, her powers begin to disappear. Minerva may have become powerful, but now she is a being of pure rage.
Maxwell eventually acquires the Dreamstone and begins to fulfill wishes himself. He also becomes an influential businessman, but begins to age and die. He counteracts this by sucking up the life force of others. Barbara and Maxwell team up because she loves her newfound powers too much and doesn’t want Diana to harm Maxwell.
Diana dons the Golden Eagle armor of the legendary Amazon warrior Asteria (more on that later) and defeats Cheetah. Then Diana confronts Maxwell, who uses a brand new public address system to grant wishes to the entire world. He accidentally gives the US even more nuclear weapons and threatens a nuclear holocaust (perhaps the only relevance of the Cold War). Diana uses the Lasso of Truth to convince everyone in the world to give up their wishes and undo the damage Maxwell has done. Barbara is also losing her powers.
Wonder Woman 1984 mid-credit scene
A mid-credit scene after the movie features a mysterious woman rescuing people from being squashed under a pole. She looks like Wonder Woman. But she’s actually Asteria, the legendary Amazon warrior, who originally wore the Golden Eagle armor that Diana wears in the film’s final act.
Kristen Wiig in Wonder Woman 1984. (Picture: Warner Bros)
Also, the actor who appears as Asteria is actually Lynda Carter, who took on the role of Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series.
Wonder Woman 1984 released in India on December 24.