This movie, right on the heels of the non-renewal of "Wonder Woman," has Lynda Carter basically playing Diana Prince without the ability to spin into costume and perform heroics.
Despite having a hard time seeing Lynda in peril with no superhuman abilities (as a kid, I couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just spin and get the bad guys), Lynda was excellent in the lead role as a mother desperate to expose the people who murdered her husband and his colleague.
I suppose Lynda was trying not to be typecast (I mean, after being "Wonder Woman," where do you go?), but it was a little too soon after her iconic role to have her all helpless and hiding out, afraid for her and her daughter's lives. All that aside, it was a solid script with great acting, and has stood the test of time. Of course it's dated, but those of us who fondly remember the seventies (it was filmed in 1979), look back and wish we had more icons like Lynda on our screens today. Lynda was and will always be a star, born from a time when people had to have talent to be famous. Good on her.
Despite having a hard time seeing Lynda in peril with no superhuman abilities (as a kid, I couldn't help but wonder why she didn't just spin and get the bad guys), Lynda was excellent in the lead role as a mother desperate to expose the people who murdered her husband and his colleague.
I suppose Lynda was trying not to be typecast (I mean, after being "Wonder Woman," where do you go?), but it was a little too soon after her iconic role to have her all helpless and hiding out, afraid for her and her daughter's lives. All that aside, it was a solid script with great acting, and has stood the test of time. Of course it's dated, but those of us who fondly remember the seventies (it was filmed in 1979), look back and wish we had more icons like Lynda on our screens today. Lynda was and will always be a star, born from a time when people had to have talent to be famous. Good on her.