The Suicide Squad (2021)

Rating: 88/100

Death! Sex! Blood! Backstabbing! Explosions! and Nom Nom? This redo Suicide Squad was directed by James Gunn who is well known for making two other awesome super-hero movies in Guardians of the Galaxy and GOTG Vol. 2. This time Gunn gets more creative control by the film being R rated, which perfectly fits how DC comics roll. The Suicide Squad is a near perfect superhero movie except it doesn't have any! It features Harley Quinn played by Margo Robbie, Bloodsport by Idris Elba, Peacemaker by John Cena, and King Shark as Sylvester Stallone? Yes.

The movie follows the same format as the first Suicide Squad where the US government takes villains out of jail to help save the world. But this time it doesn't have Jared Leto as the Joker... All jokes aside this film had great music choice which seems to be a common theme with James Gunn films, and it has a great storyline full of ups and downs. From the very get go he introduces us to the situation and little background is needed to catch up. 

The movie introduces one problem after the other for the main characters and it's a constant rollercoaster which makes for a fun watching experience. I felt that each character in the Suicide Squad was fully fleshed out and we didn't get any half-assed characters. Even King Shark whose main line in the film is "Nom Nom" had a great arc. Gunn does a fantastic job of integrating flashbacks to further develop the characters and using clever bickering between the Squad to unearth some more details. I really enjoyed this movie and I guarantee it is better than the first Suicide Squad from 2016.