It's good to see a heroine in the saddle in a superhero movie for once, which is definitely to be applauded, and setting it in 1918 is a novel idea for a character created in 1942 (albeit the film's grasp of history is shaky, since Hindenberg is referred to by Dr Poison as 'von Hindenberg' while Danny Huston looks nothing like the original Ludendorff, although at least nobody calls him 'von' Ludendorff); and fun to see her charging across No Man's Land deflecting bullets from German machineguns. But it's the usual ponderous, overproduced hokum with CGI special effects that already looks dated, fussy steadicam photography, loud, obtrusive yet boring music by Rupert Gregson-Williams and - as usual - an interminable climax.

I would have liked to have seen more of Robin Wright as Antiope, and considerably less of Chris Pine as Capt. Steve Trevor (with a name like that, obviously the hero, but a brash, obnoxious one, prone to unfunny wisecracks).