Review: The Suicide Squad (2021)
When I learned that James Gunn had been fired from Guardians of the Galaxy III by Disney back in 2018 over decade-old social media posts, it seemed inevitable that the competition would come knocking on his door. I could almost see the email: "Hey James, it's *redacted* from Warner Bros! Just saw the news about you and Disney. Listen, we'd LOVE for you to come here and do for the DC brand what you've done for Marvel. We'll give you a huge budget, and you can do whatever you want. Make us a Guardians of the Galaxy movie with DC characters!" When the trailers for The Suicide Squad (not to be confused with 2016's Suicide Squad ) surfaced in the lead up to this movie's release, it sure did look an awful lot like Guardians of the Galaxy with a fresh coat of paint and an R-rating. I hoped I was wrong. I was not wrong. The Suicide Squad is Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy if Guardians of the Galaxy had no boundaries, limitations, or likeable char