Reviews are out forThe Suicide Squadand critics are raving about the latest installment in the DC franchise.
Viola Davisalso returns as Amanda Waller, a prison director who conscripts the most dangerous criminals in the system to join her suicide squad.
“When Gunn took onGuardians Of The Galaxy, he turned nonsense into gold for Marvel. By givingThe Suicide Squadthe same sense of mischief and an equally surreal streak, he’s done the same for DC,” critic Olly Richards writes forEmpiremagazine.
Eric Eisenberg ofCinemablendwrites, “[I]f you’re an individual hooked into Gunn’s wavelength, you’re going to have a raucous good time,” whileIndieWirecalls this film “the most fun and least depressing superhero movie in a very long time.”
“It’s dazzlingly colourful and riotously crass, but also emotionally alive,” comes a review fromThe Daily Telegraph’s Robbie Collin.
John Cena and Idris Elba inThe Suicide Squad.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Enterta
John DeFore ofThe Hollywood Reporternotes the film finds “the nastily enjoyable vibe that eluded its predecessor” while telling “a story worth following.”
Variety’s Owen Gleiberman writes “The Suicide Squadgets it right, honing that rogue attitude to a much sleeker edge of outrage,” adding the movie is “a splatter comedy of depraved sensationalism, with heads and bodies getting torn up, lopped off, and reduced to the flesh equivalent of lattice work.”
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Margot Robbie inThe Suicide Squad.Courtesy of Warner Bros.
“I was excited to do this suicide squad in the way it could be done from my point of view,” he added.
Producer Peter Safran gave his take on the new movie as well. “This one is completely unique,” he said. “This is a gritty 1970s war movie combined with the grittiness of James Gunn’s characters and comedy.”
The Suicide Squadis in theaters and HBO Max on Aug. 6.
source: people.com
