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:

It feels good to be bad.

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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

Throughout the history of Deadshot his eyepiece has always been worn on the character's right eye. For reasons unknown Will Smith wears the eyepiece on his left eye.

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Goofs

At the 20th minute the overview of the Pentagon is shown with the narration on the left bottom corner "THE PENTAGON WASHINGTON DC" - the Pentagon is really in the State of Virginia.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Griggs: Chow time!

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Crazy Credits

There is a scene in the closing credits: Bruce Wayne has dinner with Amanda Waller, offering her his protection in exchange for one of her top secret folders on metahumans. This leads into Justice League (2017).

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Alternate Versions

The Extended Cut adds 11 minutes.

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Connections

Referenced in Films Under Constant Critique: Star Wars: Solo (2018)/Rise of Skywalker and future of series/etc. (2019)

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Soundtracks

I'd Rather Go Blind
Written by Ellington Jordan and Billy Foster
Performed by Etta James
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

An overly hyped film and a very unfortunate disappointment

Suicide Squad was a disappointment to me. May be I got hooked on the hype or was expecting too much from WB. This movie had a great concept that we saw on the small screen, both TV series and animated. For some reason, those formats did it better than this theatrical release.

This movie suffered from all fronts, poor writing which is the number one problem for me. The story was just all over the place with such in coherency, it's visible at every point. Not enough time was spent in developing these characters for their introduction to the big stage. Poor dialogue was another major problem which is just so stupid at some points.

But Suicide Squad still could have been saved with the main plot and a great villain. Sadly that too was a major problem. The main plot didn't make sense because the movie itself went in so many directions that none of it could have come together and gel.The villain was a total failure. Nothing about this person was intriguing and just falls so flat. Story and main purpose was so awful for a big summer blockbuster.

This movie probably only had about two things going for it. Majority of the casting was great including Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Jared Leto, and Jai Courtney. Yes Jai Courtney, I'm shocked too. I really think his role should have been expanded. Notable miscast would be Joel Kinnaman and Cara Delevingne. Joel Kinnaman portrayal of Rick Flag was out of touch of what that character should be and for Enchantress, someone, more older with more acting depth should have been chosen over Cara Delevingne.

The other thing would be, through and through it's a much better movie than Batman V Superman. I know that's not really helping but still. A weak six stars and a onetime watch.