Film Review – The Suicide Squad

In 2016, there was “Suicide Squad,” with Warner Brothers trying to expand their interests in the DC Extended Universe by offering a sort of greatest hits package of fringe comic book characters. The feature was a gigantic success at the box office, but didn’t connect with the fanbase, emerging as something of a disappointment to everyone except studio accountants. Fearing a sequel might not be welcome at multiplexes, the keys to the franchise have been pulled from director David Ayer’s tight grip and tossed over to James Gunn, who made monetary magic with two “Guardians of the Galaxy” pictures for Marvel Entertainment. He also managed to charm a wide audience with the films, keeping up the kid-friendly PG-13 plans of the MCU. With “The Suicide Squad,” Gunn is permitted to return to his Troma Entertainment roots, offered and R-rating and carte blanche to transform the do-over into a “Guardians of the Galaxy”-style adventure, only with harsh language, splattery violence, and irritable anti-heroes. This isn’t the cuddly Gunn of recent years, but the “Super” Gunn, who wants to make a punk rock comic book extravaganza with a pronounced sneer, almost declaring war on his success with Disney with this surprisingly graphic endeavor. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com