The Suicide Squad (2021)
88%RT Audience Score: 82%
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 31 nominations
Enlivened by writer-director James Gunn’s singularly skewed vision, The Suicide Squad marks a funny, fast-paced rebound that plays to the source material’s violent, anarchic strengths.
The Suicide Squad is like a wild rollercoaster ride that you can’t help but enjoy. It’s a perfect blend of humor, action, and gore that will leave you wanting more. The characters are so unique and quirky that you can’t help but root for them, even though they’re supposed to be the bad guys. James Gunn has done an amazing job of bringing these characters to life and making them relatable. If you’re looking for a fun and entertaining movie, then The Suicide Squad is definitely worth a watch. Just be prepared for some blood and guts along the way!
Production Company(ies)
Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (HBO Max), Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Panama
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong violence and gore, language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and brief graphic nudity
Year of Release
2021
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Surround 7.1 Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital IMAX 6-Track
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Aspect ratio:1.90 : 1
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Runtime:2h 12m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 6, 2021 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 6, 2021
Genre(s)
Action/Adventure
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $168,717,425
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $182,084,317
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 745
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 19,856,523
US/Canada gross: $55,817,425
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $60,707,407
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 984
US/Canada opening weekend: $26,205,415
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $28,501,185
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 485
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $185,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $201,207,243
Production budget ranking: 112
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $108,350,101
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$127,473,027
ROI to date (est.): -41%
ROI ranking: 1,629
Idris Elba – Bloodsport
John Cena – Peacemaker
Viola Davis – Amanda Waller
Sylvester Stallone – King Shark (Voice)
Joel Kinnaman – Colonel Rick Flag
Director(s)
James Gunn
Writer(s)
James Gunn
Producer(s)
Peter Safran, Charles Roven
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 31 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (369) | Top Critics (62) | Fresh (332) | Rotten (37)
An invigorating blast of bloody, disreputable comic-book cinema, “The Suicide Squad” turns its titular criminals into a collection of lovable anti-heroes set loose in a dazzling, surprisingly emotional adventure.
August 25, 2021
Tim Grierson
Screen International
TOP CRITIC
The thing that makes The Suicide Squad so singularly distasteful is closely related to its factory-installed cynicism: the unconscionable glibness that grows out of it.
August 21, 2021
Glen Weldon
NPR
TOP CRITIC
‘The Suicide Squad’ represents the very best that DC films can be, taking the kind of risks that you wouldn’t see in a Marvel property.
August 12, 2021 | Rating: Big Screen Watch
Damian Levy
DamianMichaelMovies.com
TOP CRITIC
If there was even an iota of human emotion evident the movie would be unbearable as well as increasingly vile. But there isn’t, so instead it’s just kind of exhausting…
August 12, 2021 | Rating: 1.5/4
Mark Feeney
Boston Globe
TOP CRITIC
If the ham-fisted glut of multi-million dollar special effects don’t dazzle you, then the calibre of The Suicide Squad’s genuinely impressive ensemble cast by all rights should.
August 11, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
ABC Radio (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
The movie is too much, too long, but not lacking in its glories. To find them, follow Harley. She’s leading the way.
August 9, 2021 | Rating: 3/5
K. Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
“I actually really enjoyed the film. I audibly laughed out loud a few times. John Cena is hilarious in this film as Peacemaker, he actually has some of the best one liners of the film.”
June 2, 2022
Kay-B
Super Lady Hero Hour
James Gunn not only provides a hilarious and unique superhero tale, but also brings a surprising understand and empathy to those who are often cast as villains in a world that never allows them to be seen as anything else.
May 30, 2022
Jessie Gender
Jessie Gender YouTube Channel
THE SUICIDE SQUAD sticks to its love for dark-humored, splatter b-movie schlock so much, that it almost becomes a detriment. But the whole thing is just too different and crazy to not somehow endear the film and its strange characters.
April 25, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
Jimmy Cage
Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube)
Nothing would prepare me for the high-octane, love letter to the genre that would be James Gunns The Suicide Squad. A film that is more than a blockbuster, its cinema at its grandest and most pleasing.
April 22, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
David Gonzalez
Reel Talk Inc.
It’s hard to see Gunn’s first DC adventure as anything other than successful. A chaotic joy, The Suicide Squad doesn’t have much of a point to make – most superhero films try to build a universe, this one blows it to smithereens.
March 3, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
James Luxford
City AM
The Suicide Squad isn’t a horrible movie. It’s just not a terribly memorable one.
February 20, 2022
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Plot
In exchange for lighter sentences, just like the anti-hero team in Suicide Squad (2016), a new batch of Belle Reve’s meta-humans strike a deal with the cold head of Task Force X, Amanda Waller. This time, her ragtag band of super-powered convicts
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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