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Blurring the line between sequel, reboot, and remake, The Suicide Squad fairly leaps off the screen with something too often conspicuously absent from the DC Cinematic Universe: a sense of fun. Written and directed by James Gunn after his famous firing from Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy series (and before he was rehired), The Suicide Squad gleefully embraces excess in every way imaginable. It’s rated R for its gore, language, and nudity, yet seldom misses an opportunity to pause and appreciate the absurdity of it all—a drastic tonal shift from its joyless 2016 predecessor, simply titled “Suicide Squad.”
Once again, bottom-of-the-barrel bad guys and gals are recruited for a long-odds mission in exchange for time shaved off their prison sentences. Now they’re headed to the South American nation of Corto Maltese to destroy a top-secret installation housing the mysterious Project Starfish, but boss Amanda Waller (Oscar winner Viola Davis) isn’t giving her team the whole story. Idris Elba stars as Bloodsport, a.k.a. definitely-not-Will-Smith’s-Deadshot-from-the-last-Squad, although the similarities are staggering. He’s the reluctant leader of a strike force that also counts mistress of rodents Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior), the murderously patriotic Peacemaker (John Cena), and psychotic psychiatrist Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) among its numbers. Let the bonding, betrayal, and mayhem begin!
is presented at a curious 1.9:1 aspect ratio that utilizes black bars at the top and bottom which are noticeably thicker what you see with the more common 1.85:1 cinema
