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The Suicide Squad

100 Movies of 2021

The Suicide Squad

2021

James Gunn

Idris Elba, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis ...

6.3

19,192

Action. Fantasy. Thriller Super-Villains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X where they are heavily-armed and dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s a team-of-scruffy-cutthroats origin story that feels honestly dunked in the grunge underworld, and shot for shot it’s made with a slicing ingenuity that honors the genre of 'The Dirty Dozen'"	POS
United States	Joshua Yehl IGN	"DC’s best film in years (...) Gunn is Gene Wilder’s Willy Wonka, manic gleam in his eye, taking us on a perverse and strangely emotional rollercoaster ride with a surprise around every corner."	POS
United States	Hoai-Tran Bui SlashFilm	unn performs the magic trick we’ve seen him do time and time again: he makes us care for these terribly immoral, most likely doomed, characters (...) The Suicide Squad a bloody, gory delight."	POS
United States	Rodrigo Perez The Playlist	"Irreverent, comically revolting and gnarly (...) but it’s also full of a soaring, beating heart that is surprisingly moving in its tribute to the forgotten, the marginalized and the expendable lowlifes of the world.	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"If the movies are killing themselves with superhero overload, at least “The Suicide Squad” suggests the medium will go down laughing."	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"Chaos reigns in Gunn’s absurdly delightful and indubitably not-for-kids 'Squad' (...) the anti-Marvel movie (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Not only does it find the nastily enjoyable vibe that eluded its predecessor, but it also tells a story worth following (...) a movie whose biggest surprise is that it deserves to exist at all."	POS
United States	Justin Chang Los Angeles Times	"'The Suicide Squad’ proves there’s life after ‘Suicide Squad' (...) the bonds of kinship that emerge between comrades can’t help but sneak their way into your own affections."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[It] feels like a bracing antidote to the earnestness and forced gravitas so prevalent in superhero films (...) a blockbuster studded with visual wonders and inspired set pieces."	POS
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A riotous reboot that has the original film for breakfast (...) The Suicide Squad is such a drastic improvement in every respect that you almost – almost – feel sorry for the earlier version (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Olly Richards Empire	"Gunn shows that you can have something to say while still delivering great gags. By embracing this deeply weird idea, he’s produced the most enjoyable DC movie in years (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jacob Oller Paste Magazine	"The Suicide Squad Once Again proves James Gunn’s command of comic chaos (...) Robbie and Elba are clearly having a hell of a time, bristling with energy, but Melchior is the true standout."	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"As other superhero franchises begin to hit the narrative wall, 'The Suicide Squad' promises to find new and unexpected places to go, should this team live to die again."	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A long, loud, often enjoyable and amusing film that blitzes your eyeballs and eardrums and covers all the bases (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Only the man who wrote 'Tromeo and Juliet' could deliver something this gleefully grotesque, vicious, and unapologetic, and the DC Universe is all the better for it (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"This sequel/redo has found just the right wizard of creative chaos to turn 'The Suicide Squad' into the scuzzy, down-and-dirty whirlwind it was always meant to be"	POS
Canada	Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"Eventually, 'The Suicide Squad' goes where every DC and Marvel film has gone before (...) Gunn's well-honed skills as a filmmaker, on both a narrative and visual level, are evident in every frame, scene, and sequence"	POS

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