One of the biggest embarrassments in the ten-year history of the DC Extended Universe was 2016’s Suicide Squad. Although the film was convincing from a financial perspective, it represents the franchise’s greatest weakness: Too many different parties want to get their way and in the end a chaotic comic blockbuster comes to the cinema that makes no one happy.
To this day, director David Ayer (The Beekeeper) never tires of emphasizing how different his director’s cut of the film would have looked. We’ll probably never see Ayer’s “real” Suicide Squad. But one came five years later brilliant sequel to the cinema: The Suicide Squad by James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) fulfills every promise that its predecessor failed to fulfill.
Tonight The Suicide Squad celebrates its free TV premiere.
One of the best DC blockbusters: James Gunn pulls out all the stops in The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad is a fascinating one Mixture of sequel and soft reboot. Gunn brings back familiar characters like Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) and Amanda Waller (Viola Davis). At the same time, he redefines the team of anti-heroes by incorporating forgotten DC characters like Ratcatcher II (Daniela Melchior), Peacemaker (John Cena) and Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian).
You can watch the trailer for The Suicide Squad here:
The Suicide Squad – Trailer (German) HD
This time the Suicide Squad is led by Bloodsport (Idris Elba), while there is no trace of Deadshot (Will Smith) from the first part. As soon as a humanoid shark appears, you don’t ask any more questions anyway. King Shark (originally spoken by Sylvester Stallone) sums it up Level of absurditywhich Gunn courageously displays when directing his film, goes well together.
Unlike Ayer’s Suicide Squad, Gunn’s film feels like it’s all of a piece. Here we can clearly formulated vision follow a filmmaker who has found his own voice and can successfully assert it even in multi-million dollar blockbuster productions, as the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe proves. Now Gunn is taking over DC.
Following The Suicide Squad, the director launched the spin-off series Peacemaker on the streaming service Max (formerly HBO Max). The people in charge at Warner were so enthusiastic about his work that they gave him this Scepter for the DC Universe have handed over. Together with producer Peter Safran (The Conjuring Universe), Gunn is now initiating the big DC reboot.
After the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), this is what awaits us DC Universe (DCU). The first film in the franchise will be directed by Gunn himself and will be released in cinemas in summer 2025: Superman. In addition, the first DCU series is scheduled to start in the USA on Max this year. However, an exact schedule has not yet been announced. There is already a list of upcoming DCU films and series.
When is The Suicide Squad on TV today?
The Suicide Squad is on tonight on May 20, 2024 at 8:15 p.m. on ProSieben. With advertising, the broadcast lasts until 10:35 p.m. The repetition follows at 00:40 at night. In addition, ProSieben will show James Gunn’s DC hit a third time on May 26, 2024 at 11:15 p.m.
If you prefer to watch The Suicide Squad independently of the linear TV program, you can do that too. Joyn+ currently offers the film as a streaming subscription.
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