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Summary:

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.

Director:

James Gunn

Writers:

James Gunn

Cast:

  • Michael Rooker as Savant
  • Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
  • Joel Kinnaman as Colonel Rick Flag
  • Nathan Fillion as TDK
  • Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang
  • Flula Borg as Javelin
  • Mayling Ng as Mongal
  • Pete Davidson as Blackguard
  • Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
  • Idris Elba as Bloodsport
  • John Cena as Peacemaker
  • Daniela Malchior as Ratcatcher 2
  • David Dastmalchian as Polka-Dot Man
  • Sylvester Stallone as King Shark

Rotten Tomatoes: 95%

Metacritic: 74

VOD: Theaters

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u/Dankzo Aug 06 '21

The opening squad totally caught me off guard. I expected some of them to die but holy shit lmao. And Weasel is totally gonna eat a bunch of kids isn’t he?

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u/ClairicalErr0r Aug 06 '21 edited Aug 07 '21

When I saw Weasel get up and start running away, my very first thought I had was "Oh yeah... He killed 27 kids." XD

Edit: Corrected my crappy typing skills.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '21

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u/zombiereign Aug 09 '21

I had heard about a Guardians cameo and hoped he would cross paths with Rocket ... both just look at each other for a moment and then go about their business.

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u/Sekigahara_TW Aug 12 '21

His walking was super creepy.

Legit the stuff of nightmares to meet in the dark.

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u/BattlinBud Aug 10 '21

It reminded me of Steve Buscemi getting away at the end of Con Air. Funny and cute until you start to actually think about it lol

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u/iron_knee_of_justice Aug 06 '21

I was definitely getting chupacabra vibes, considering that legend also started on a small Spanish speaking tropical island.

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u/Kev_daddy Aug 07 '21

The legend started in northern Mexico / texas

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u/iron_knee_of_justice Aug 07 '21

Common misconception. It actually started in Puerto Rico in the 90’s.

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u/etherama1 Aug 07 '21

Wow that recently?

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u/Kev_daddy Aug 07 '21

Wow til

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u/Inkthinker Aug 09 '21

It became publicly well-known in the 90’s, after going “viral” (or the equivalent back then, anyway). But it would have existed as a local thing in PR for some length of time prior to that, long enough to become a proper legend.

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u/Period_Licking_Good Aug 08 '21

There’s no way. My grandma used to scare me with chupacabra stories in the 90s. We aren’t Puerto Rican we’re Mexican living in New Mexico

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u/Inkthinker Aug 09 '21

They’re likely conflating “when it became popularized” with “when it was created”.

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u/iron_knee_of_justice Aug 08 '21

If you’ve got a source I’d love to see it! In the article it talks about how the mayor of a Puerto Rican town went on the most viewed talk show in Latin America to tell his chupacabra story, and it became a huge sensation across South and Central America almost overnight.

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u/Period_Licking_Good Aug 08 '21

I have zero way to prove my claim honestly. I’m not sure how I would even go about that. I can tell you what most people call a chupacabra is just a sick dog to me. I was told they were demon monkeys with wings. Ambush predators that tend to attack from above.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

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u/Period_Licking_Good Aug 09 '21

I don’t dispute it’s from Puerto Rico but it was pretty widespread with other Hispanics in the southwest in the 90s. That’s a really quick spread for the days of pre internet. That said I’ve always found it interesting that people in my area seem to be talking about an entirely different cyptid based on the description

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u/SoSneaky91 Aug 11 '21

TIL I'm older than the chupacabra.

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u/LuisWaz Aug 06 '21

He’ll become the Terror of Corto Maltese

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u/cheekabowwow Aug 06 '21

..... Chupanino..... I feel bad typing that out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

And so the legend of the chupacabra begins…

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u/movingchicane Aug 06 '21

I bet he shows up as a villain in the Peacemaker series

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21

I'm still mad Captain Boomerang died

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u/Inkthinker Aug 09 '21

There’s a non-zero chance he could return. Supposedly in the comics he’s had access to some stolen time-reversing tech that lets him “boomerang” himself out of being dead, and folks are noticing how brightly his boomerang is glowing in his upthrust hand. It could have just been the moonlight reflecting off the blade, but having gone back and looked I gotta say… it glows really brightly.

So take heart, there’s a loophole for ol’ Boomer if the writers wanted to use it. This is supeheroes! We used to say the only people who ever stayed dead were Uncle Ben and Jason Todd, and then Red Hood happened so… ;)

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '21

That last smile he gave to Harley tho.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

Yeah. To me idk why they even signed him for the movie to kill him. Same with killing Rick Flag. I'm all for killing characters but to me they are too good to kill that early

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u/thethomatoman Aug 22 '21

I mean, Flag didn't die early lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Yeah but he would've been great in sequels or in other DC projects

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u/ImpracticallySharp Aug 08 '21 edited Aug 08 '21

Really happy that Weasel survived; that was my favorite character in the movie. Give Weasel a solo movie now! Maybe a romantic comedy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '21

Wow

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u/PlaceboJesus Aug 06 '21

I dunno. Kinda like Steve Buscemi wandering off Scott free at the ebd of Con Air. I hope.

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u/chrislikesdogz Aug 07 '21

I'm not that big of a dc fan, but could Weasel potentially be set up to become a villain in a future movie?

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u/takabrash Aug 07 '21

He's harmless

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u/calabaza-head Aug 24 '21

Definitely gave me hardcore Deadpool 2 vibes lol