In the constantly rebooting morass that is DC Comics' attempts at their own "cinematic universe", James Gunn's
The Suicide Squad falls right in step with its predecessors, this despite its creator's "rebel auteur" image among fanboys. The Warner-owned franchise's formula – hire a hip director to bring their "visionary" talents to the project and give them carte blanche to run roughshod over decades of comic book history – is on full view in this blood-soaked, hyper-violent and, ultimately, run of the mill anti-hero yarn. Only in a DC movie do they start the retconning during the end credits.
The Suicide Squad is now playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max through September 5th.
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