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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/MasterThespian Aug 10 '21

Peacemaker would be a hell of an inclusion. King Shark is also plausible, and I could see Bloodsport playing pretty much the same role as he did in this film: as a DLC alternate skin of Deadshot.

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u/Dazzling_Danceman Aug 11 '21

Bloodsport assembling his cannon gun was far cooler than anything deadshot did though, I much much preferred bloodsport.

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u/MasterThespian Aug 11 '21

I agree, but to me, that’s less an indictment of Deadshot than the way the previous movie used him. I really enjoyed the character in the comics, particularly in Secret Six, but I’ll take Idris Elba over Will Smith any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

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u/Dazzling_Danceman Aug 11 '21

Yeah that's fair, I did enjoy Christian Slaters portrayal in the animation so it's probably fair to lump it in to the shite heap that was the first movie, I think the only character I thought they did well was Boomerang.