The Suicide Squad
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Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
What critics thought
James Gunn's do-over is broadly celebrated as everything the 2016 original wasn't — anarchic, self-aware, and genuinely funny — with particular praise for its willingness to push hard-R violence and skewer American foreign policy through comic-book excess. Most critics landed somewhere between enthusiastic and warmly satisfied, though a vocal minority found the script uneven, with jokes that misfire and stretches that drag, keeping it just short of the genre-defining statement some claim it to be.
“The Suicide Squad is by no means perfect, but like the Deadpool movies, it's a showcase for what can happen when a superhero movie is allowed to be sprightly, self-aware, and sardonic while also indulging in hard-R violence, gore, and language. Gunn's latest creation is not without moments that drag, but when it pops, it pops brilliantly”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
“The script, accordingly, herks and jerks along with a sort of forced-festive glee, its mounting body count buffeted by goofball banter and pounding soundtrack cues. A good half of the jokes don't land, but unlike his predecessor's joyless slog, Gunn's version at least celebrates the nonsense.”
Leah Greenblatt·Entertainment Weekly
“The Suicide Squad comes sizzlingly alive as all-cylinders comic-book moviemaking. There's a frowsy destructive joy to the staging”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“This irreverent comic book movie takes shots at very big and serious themes, raging against Western imperialism, American foreign policy and government deception as it indicts interference in foreign countries. Representing this chilling bureaucratic evil, Amanda Waller emerges as perhaps the most hateful villain in the DC universe — certainly the coldest”
Richard Trenholm·CNET
“Pulpy and outrageous, irreverent and ultraviolent, The Suicide Squad does so with a smile.”
Katie Rife·The A.V. Club
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast & Crew
James GunnDirector
Margot RobbieHarley Quinn
Idris ElbaBloodsport
John CenaPeacemaker
Joel KinnamanColonel Rick Flag
Sylvester StalloneKing Shark (voice)
Viola DavisAmanda Waller
David DastmalchianPolka-Dot Man
Daniela MelchiorRatcatcher 2
Michael RookerSavant
Jai CourtneyCaptain Boomerang
Peter CapaldiThinker
Alice BragaSol Soria
John MurphyComposer
Henry BrahamCinematographyThe Suicide Squad
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
What critics thought
James Gunn's do-over is broadly celebrated as everything the 2016 original wasn't — anarchic, self-aware, and genuinely funny — with particular praise for its willingness to push hard-R violence and skewer American foreign policy through comic-book excess. Most critics landed somewhere between enthusiastic and warmly satisfied, though a vocal minority found the script uneven, with jokes that misfire and stretches that drag, keeping it just short of the genre-defining statement some claim it to be.
“The Suicide Squad is by no means perfect, but like the Deadpool movies, it's a showcase for what can happen when a superhero movie is allowed to be sprightly, self-aware, and sardonic while also indulging in hard-R violence, gore, and language. Gunn's latest creation is not without moments that drag, but when it pops, it pops brilliantly”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
“The script, accordingly, herks and jerks along with a sort of forced-festive glee, its mounting body count buffeted by goofball banter and pounding soundtrack cues. A good half of the jokes don't land, but unlike his predecessor's joyless slog, Gunn's version at least celebrates the nonsense.”
Leah Greenblatt·Entertainment Weekly
“The Suicide Squad comes sizzlingly alive as all-cylinders comic-book moviemaking. There's a frowsy destructive joy to the staging”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“This irreverent comic book movie takes shots at very big and serious themes, raging against Western imperialism, American foreign policy and government deception as it indicts interference in foreign countries. Representing this chilling bureaucratic evil, Amanda Waller emerges as perhaps the most hateful villain in the DC universe — certainly the coldest”
Richard Trenholm·CNET
“Pulpy and outrageous, irreverent and ultraviolent, The Suicide Squad does so with a smile.”
Katie Rife·The A.V. Club
Genres
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Cast & Crew
James GunnDirectorMargot RobbieHarley QuinnIdris ElbaBloodsportJohn CenaPeacemakerJoel KinnamanColonel Rick FlagSylvester StalloneKing Shark (voice)Viola DavisAmanda WallerDavid DastmalchianPolka-Dot ManDaniela MelchiorRatcatcher 2Michael RookerSavantJai CourtneyCaptain BoomerangPeter CapaldiThinkerAlice BragaSol SoriaJohn MurphyComposerHenry BrahamCinematographyStream
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