The movie focuses around the ragtag team of Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Black Spider and King Shark, otherwise known as "The Suicide Squad" breaking into Arkham at the request of Amanda Waller in order to take out Riddler (who stole Wallers highly important files). A very risky and high stakes mission, especially when Batman is on your trail and The Joker is running amok. Just a warning, I will be dropping LOTS of spoilers. So if you want to watch it and haven't yet, LEAVE THIS REVIEW IMMEDIATELY!!! It's a very well put together film, as the narrative is tight, it's action packed to the brim and the banter between the Suicide Squad is an absolute joy to watch. King Shark is the loveable idiot, Deadshot is the straight laced team leader, Killer Frost and Captain Boomerang crack wise frequently (in Frosts case, of the sarcastic variey), Black Spider is the most serious and reserved of the team, and Harley is well......Harley. It plays out very much like a Guy Ritchie movie, what with the hiests and all, and I like it alot. Its highly clever and keeps you on the edge of the seat, and never once was it boring. The fights are heart-pounding and very well coreographed, and the voice acting is top notch. Also, when they said "Suicide Squad", they were not kidding. This is a very very violent movie, with multiple death's of several protagonists. A pivotal point of the film is that Amanda Waller placed exploding chips in their necks and if they disobey her orders, boom. Dead. KGBeast, another villain who's barely seen, gets his own damn head blown of like, right at the start of the film, because he tested Amanda Waller. Toward the end of the movie, the same fate befalls both Black Spider and King Shark. Y'see, The Riddler (working with the Suicide Squad, and in return he keeps his life) sends volts of electricity through their heads in an attempt to fry the bombs in their necks. It works on most....except King Shark and Black Spider. King Shark's skin was too thick, apparently, so when Amanda Waller got pissed that she was being double crossed and hit the big red button, everyone else remained in tact and King Shark went boom. Black Spider wasn't even with them, as he was on the recieving end of a beating from Batman (who cleverly tricked the Suicide Squad by wearing Black Spider's costume) so when Waller hit the button he went boom too. Quite graphically. The Joker is just as diabolically funny as ever, and he frees Arkhams inmates (Bane and Poison Ivy wreck alot of stuff). He gets in a brutal fight with Deadshot (who was Harleys "new guy") leading to his "death". Psssst he's not dead. Killer Frost bites it (Ha! Frost Bite!!) when Bane throws the car she's attempting to escape in into the side of a rocky cliff. Ouch. Seriously, the only three Suicide Squad members that survive are Deadshot, Captain Boomerang and Harley. Hell, even Amanda Waller buys the farm in a hilarious twist when Deadshot snipes her (and cleverly says "bang"). Thats not counting the countless guards, police and prisoners that all go to that great national park in the sky. Yep, totally a Guy Ritchie movie.
All in all, a REALLY good movie that explains why a majority of these characters don't show up in later Arkham games, and this movie ties together quite nicely the events in between Origins and Asylum, leaving us with yet another incredible Arkham-related entry that better fleshes out the ever popular "Arkham-verse". Well worth a buy. Really. Go get it. Now, or I'll detonate the explosive in your necks.
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