The problem with superhero movies. They can easily be po faced and pompous. The audience want fun from their superheroes.
Marvel learned this hence why the colourful Thor 3 was such a contrast from Thor 2.
James Gunn injected a lot of frivolous fun in the Guardian of the Galaxy movies.
Even 20th Century Fox went off the wall with Deadpool. An X Man giving the middle finger to X Men movies.
Only Warner Brothers and DC have ploughed on with movies lacking the fun factor.
It's James Gunn to the rescue with The Suicide Squad, the follow on to the 2016 original.
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) Bloodsport (Idris Elba) Peacemaker (John Cena) and some others including a shark that likes to eat humans become part of Task Force X assembled once again by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis.)
Their mission is to infiltrate the island of Corto Maltese which recently had a coup. It also has a facility with something alien inside. To find out more they need to get to the Thinker (Peter Capaldi.)
This is a zippy action movie that eschews the traditional three act structure. It plays fast and loose. It's faithful to its comic book origins.
It is violent and darkly comic. It also has a lot of heart thanks to Elba and Daniela Melchior who plays Ratcatcher 2.
Despite what looks like a scattergun approach Gunn also manages to add some political subtext to the film.
Marvel learned this hence why the colourful Thor 3 was such a contrast from Thor 2.
James Gunn injected a lot of frivolous fun in the Guardian of the Galaxy movies.
Even 20th Century Fox went off the wall with Deadpool. An X Man giving the middle finger to X Men movies.
Only Warner Brothers and DC have ploughed on with movies lacking the fun factor.
It's James Gunn to the rescue with The Suicide Squad, the follow on to the 2016 original.
Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) Bloodsport (Idris Elba) Peacemaker (John Cena) and some others including a shark that likes to eat humans become part of Task Force X assembled once again by Amanda Waller (Viola Davis.)
Their mission is to infiltrate the island of Corto Maltese which recently had a coup. It also has a facility with something alien inside. To find out more they need to get to the Thinker (Peter Capaldi.)
This is a zippy action movie that eschews the traditional three act structure. It plays fast and loose. It's faithful to its comic book origins.
It is violent and darkly comic. It also has a lot of heart thanks to Elba and Daniela Melchior who plays Ratcatcher 2.
Despite what looks like a scattergun approach Gunn also manages to add some political subtext to the film.