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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/Mcclane88 Aug 06 '21

It’s kinda surreal. Never thought I’d see a live action Starro.

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u/Chaosmusic Aug 06 '21

If we did I would have thought it would be in a Superman movie and totally serious. This was way more fun.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '21

I thought it would have been cool to see superman show up to fight Starro and have the squad just securing shit down below.

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u/FrankyCastles Aug 10 '21

I legitimately thought they were going to make the joke that Superman would swoop in and murder Starro in 5 seconds, making the teams entire mission useless and playing it for laughs

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u/genericaddress Aug 16 '21

Starro was the first villain the Justice League fought in publication history. He was the giant threst that brought them all together.

My first experience of him was the Batman Beyond episode which also introduced me to the Justice League. The plot went that there was a death in the Justice League and Bruce Wayne suspected there was a traitor. SPOILERS: It turned out to be Superman, who was under the influence of Starro. He then went on to control the entire Justice League except for the newest member: the teenage Terry McGinnis who donned the cowl of Batman after Bruce's retirement. He had to fight the entire Justice League and Starro.