The Suicide Squad: DVD Review
The Suicide Squad: DVD Review Infused with anarchic sensibilities and director James Gunn's Troma-splattered background, The Suicide Squad is a gleeful explosion of fun and tongue-in-cheek devil-may-care supervillain fare. Task Force X is back again and this time, Amanda Waller (a ferocious Viola Davis) wants the squad to take out Project Starfish on Corot Maltese, an island that's undergone a coup. So enter once again, a group of mismatched misfits, squabbling and generally at odds to try and save the day... In truth, scratch below the surface and there's little in The Suicide Squad sequel other than a basic plot. But that belies what James Gunn's brought to the table in terms of his irreverence and sarcasm-filled approach for this DC genre - and it works so, so well, making this one of the best bubblegum DC Comics films for a very long time. Whether it's the posturing of John Cena's patriotic Peacemaker taking on Idris Elba's wearied and almost militant ...