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Suicide Squad

Written and directed by: David Ayer
Starring: Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Cara Delevigne, Viola Davis, Adam Beach, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jay Hernandez, Karen Fukuhara and Ben Affleck.
Release Date: August 5th, 2016

David Ayer’s comic book team-up of a very different kind will see DC supervillains undertake black ops missions for a secret government agency. Suicide Squad is based upon the DC comic book series of the same name, created by John Ostrander, and features the characters of Harley Quinn, Deadshot, The Joker, Enchantress, Rick Flagg, Killer Croc, Slipknot, El Diablo and Katana – all operating under the supervision of Amanda Waller, out of their base in Belle Reve Penitentiary. With the promise of clemency, Waller has the group of dangerous criminals mete out a different kind of justice.

But, this is now a cohesive cinematic universe – so how does Suicide Squad tie in to the bigger picture? Evidently, it hinges on Batman, for the most part. Each of the supervillains holds a personal vendetta against The Dark Knight, because he is largely responsible for their respective incarcerations. But, the resentment is not one-sided.

Batman is no fan of the idea of a group of supervillains running around the city, essentially doing his job – especially not those that he has already apprehended once or more. In the comic books, Amanda Waller is seen to threaten Batman/ Bruce Wayne with exposure if he refuses to leave her charges to their assignments – and so, another epic conflict is set in motion.