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"The Suicide Squad" is a 2021 film directed by James Gunn that follows a team of imprisoned supervillains sent on a dangerous mission. The film is notable for being a major studio release that gave creative control to Gunn, resulting in a distinctive take on the superhero action-comedy genre.
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7.5Supervillains 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.
Cast
- Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
- Idris Elba as Bloodsport
- John Cena as Peacemaker
- Joel Kinnaman as Colonel Rick Flag
- Sylvester Stallone as King Shark (voice)
- Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
Themes
- monster
- secret mission
- superhero
- anti hero
- giant monster
- gore
- based on comic
- alien
- betrayal
- alien invasion
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- splatter film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- DC Extended Universe
- Followed by
- Black Adam
- Follows
- Wonder Woman 1984
- Based on
- Suicide Squad
- Director
- James Gunn
- Screenwriter
- James Gunn
- Cast member
- Viola Davis
- Composer
- John Murphy
- Producer
- Peter Safran
- Cinematographer
- Henry Braham
- Filming location
- Panama City
- Duration
- 132
- FilmAffinity ID
- 124669
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thesuicidesquad.net
- Image
- Suicide Squad filming in Toronto 13.jpg
- Has parts of class
- post-credits scene
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- title
- The Suicide Squad
- takes place in fictional universe
- DC Extended Universe
- film editor
- Christian Wagner
- publication date
- 2021-08-06
- social media followers
- 473579
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- set in environment
- city
- review score
- 72/100
- capital cost
- 185000000
- box office
- 26205415
- different from
- Suicide Squad
- Commons category
- The Suicide Squad (film)
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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