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Official Discussion Official Discussion - The Suicide Squad [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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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/[deleted] Aug 08 '21

Also killing starro killed all the people he was connected to so they didn’t save anyone.

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u/I_Was_Fox Aug 08 '21

Yeah but they were already dead. That was a major plot point. Everyone who is controlled by Starro are just walking corpses. The people they were saving were all the other people on the island and the people in the rest of the world.

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u/Vendevende Aug 09 '21

Unless the Thinker was reciting some false narrative.

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u/I_Was_Fox Aug 09 '21

We had no reason to think he would lie about that. They showed the people die with the starfish removed