Suicide Squad (2016)

A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.

Director:

David Ayer

Writer:

David Ayer

Stars:

Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie

Won 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 39 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Smith	...	Deadshot
Jaime FitzSimons	...	Sergeant Ames Bravo 14
Ike Barinholtz	...	Griggs
Margot Robbie	...	Harley Quinn
Christopher Dyson	...	Missing Hand Guard
Bambadjan Bamba	...	T-Shirt Vendor
Viola Davis	...	Amanda Waller
Ted Whittall	...	Admiral Olsen
David Harbour	...	Dexter Tolliver
Robin Atkin Downes	...	Angelo
Robert B. Kennedy	...	U.S. Marshal
Billy Otis	...	Mafia Snitch
Shailyn Pierre-Dixon	...	Zoe
Jared Leto	...	The Joker
James McGowan	...	Panda Man

Storyline

It feels good to be bad...Assemble a team of the world's most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for himself?

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Plot Keywords:

reference to superman | suicide squad | mission | insanity | sociopath | 

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Taglines:

Justice has a bad side.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG - 13 for sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Spanish

Release Date:

5 August 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Task Force X

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$175,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$133,682,248, 7 August 2016

Gross USA:

$325,100,054

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$746,846,894

Company Credits

Production Co:

Atlas Entertainment, DC Comics, DC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min 134 min (Extended Cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jared Leto explained that the Joker's tattoos gave him a "modern-day gangster look".

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Goofs

Harley Quinn is thrown half through the windshield of the Jokermobile. The glass is broken like plate glass, while a real windshield is made of laminated glass, and does not fracture into large shards as shown.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Griggs: Chow time!

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Crazy Credits

Mid-credits scene: Bruce Wayne has dinner with Amanda Waller, offering her his protection in exchange for one of her top secret folders on metahumans.

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Alternate Versions

The Extended Cut adds 11 minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Marci X (2018)

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Soundtracks

You Don't Own Me
Written by Dave White (as David White) and John Madara
Performed by Lesley Gore
Courtesy of Island Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Overall an enjoyable experience

Suicide Squad, although first shown as a gritty movie like its predecessors, turned out to be a genuinely fun and exciting movie filled with thrills and occasional spills. The cast had pretty good chemistry, characters interacted with one another very fluidly and pretty much everything made sense and fit together. Although the story was a bit predictable and at times stale, it made up with amazing fighting choreography and mind-blowing special effects. And the joker was legitimately one of the best jokers I have ever seen, even better than jack Nicholson's's portrayal.

Overall recommend this movie to fans and casuals alike.