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The Suicide Squad (2021)

The Suicide Squad poster
Directed by
James Gunn
Genre
action film, science fiction film, adventure film, splatter film, superhero film, black comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
R
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 9,681 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A group of imprisoned supervillains are sent on a dangerous mission to an island nation. They must destroy a giant alien starfish before it falls into enemy hands.

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What happens

The Suicide Squad is a 2021 American superhero film based on the DC Comics team Suicide Squad. Written and directed by James Gunn, it is a sequel to Suicide Squad (2016) and the tenth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film stars an ensemble cast including Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Sylvester Stallone, and Viola Davis. In the film, a group of convicts join a task force known as the "Suicide Squad" in exchange for lighter sentences. They are sent to the South American island nation of Corto Maltese to destroy all traces of the giant alien starfish Starro the Conqueror before it falls into the local government's control. Warner Bros. Pictures originally hired Gavin O'Connor to direct. However, O'Connor left due to creative differences, and Gunn was hired to write and direct the film after being temporarily fired by Disney and Marvel Studios as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). He drew inspiration from war films and John Ostrander's 1980s Suicide Squad comics. Filming took place from September 2019 to February 2020, primarily in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as in Colón, Panama, and Porto, Portugal. The film had the biggest sets ever built for a Warner Bros. production. The Suicide Squad premiered theatrically in the United Kingdom on July 30, 2021, and was released in the United States on August 5, simultaneously in theaters and on the streaming service HBO Max. Unlike its predecessor, the film received positive reviews from critics and became the most-streamed DCEU film on HBO Max. The Suicide Squad grossed $169 million against a $185 million production budget. Its box office performance was attributed to factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the film's availability on HBO Max, and its relationship to the first Suicide Squad. It was followed by a spin-off television series, Peacemaker, in 2022, and an animated series, Creature Commandos, in 2024. A further television series, Waller, is in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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