Here's what we thought of the new Suicide Squad movie
would properly right that rapidly sinking ship – and it looks even worse in retrospect. Whether the fault lay mostly with significant studio interference or with writer/director David Ayer, the result is still a spectacularly bad superhero movie; one whose only saving grace was introducing the world to Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.
, and now, five years later, the Squad itself has its own chance at redemption or, at the very least, a shortened prison sentence. And, aside from a few smallish problems, it is very much mission accomplished. It still has little to do with the original comic book – it's less a character-driven espionage drama and more a nutso action-comedy – but that definite article really has made all the difference." is bound to lead to plenty of confusion with its predecessor down the line, it could hardly be a more different movie.
Our antiheroes too – which include a talking shark-man voiced by Sylvester Stallone; an insane ex-psychiatrist dressed as, well, a harlequin; a psychotic super-soldier with a mantra of:"I cherish peace. I don't care how many men, women and children I kill to get it."; and, of course, Polka-Dot Man – have probably collectively killed less people than the Guardians, but have to fight a hell of a lot harder to be at all heroic.
Go with it, though, and you're in for one of the best films in the ever-improving DC Extended Universe – one that is as far away from the grim beginnings ofWe live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred, you have access to a world of in-depth analyses, investigative journalism, top opinions and a range of features. Journalism strengthens democracy. Invest in the future today.
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