The Suicide Squad
Movie, 2021, A New Squad, Set in 2020
The Suicide Squad is #12 of 25 in release order and #10 of 25 in chronological order in the DC.
The story
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
The Suicide Squad recap
Amanda Waller sends two teams of convicts to the island nation of Corto Maltese after a coup puts an anti-American regime in power. The first team, led by Rick Flag with Harley Quinn among them, is massacred on the beach, a decoy for the second. That team is led by the mercenary Bloodsport, with Peacemaker, Ratcatcher 2, King Shark and the Polka-Dot Man. Their target is Jotunheim, a Nazi-era lab where scientists have been experimenting on Starro, a giant alien starfish. Harley escapes the new dictator, and Flag joins up with the second team. Inside the lab, the Thinker reveals the US government ran the experiments, and Waller wants it covered up. Peacemaker, under secret orders, kills Flag to keep the secret, and Bloodsport shoots him.
The Suicide Squad ending explained
The lab is destroyed and Starro breaks free, rampaging through the city. Bloodsport's team stays to fight it, and Waller tries to blow their heads, until her staff knock her out. Ratcatcher 2 summons the city's rats and Harley pierces Starro's eye, killing it. Bloodsport blackmails Waller into freeing the survivors.
Post-credits scenes
Yes. In a mid-credits scene, Peacemaker is revealed alive in a hospital, recruited by Waller's agents Economos and Harcourt for a new mission, setting up the Peacemaker series. In a post-credits scene, Weasel, thought dead, gets up and runs off.
Where to watch The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad is streaming on YouTube TV, TNT, TBS, tru TV, and HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Wonder Woman 1984, before Peacemaker.
- Chronological order: after Birds of Prey, before Peacemaker.
What to watch before The Suicide Squad
In release order, 7 DC essentials come before The Suicide Squad (2021), from Man of Steel (2013) to Shazam! (2019).
Cast
- Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
- Idris Elba as Bloodsport
- John Cena as Peacemaker
- Joel Kinnaman as Colonel Rick Flag
- Sylvester Stallone as King Shark (voice)
- Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
- David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man
- Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2
- Michael Rooker as Savant
- Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang
- Peter Capaldi as Thinker
- Alice Braga as Sol Soria
Directed by James Gunn.