Suicide Squad (out Aug. 5) takes place in a post-Superman world, following the events of Dawn of Justice,
as the government grapples with how to respond the next time an alien
visits Earth with less noble intentions than the Man of Steel. The
answer, according to ruthless intelligence officer Amanda Waller (Viola
Davis), is to recruit society’s most vile criminals, armed with lethal
skills and superhuman powers. Her first target is possessed
archaeologist June Moone/Enchantress (Cara Delevingne).
Waller’s program doesn’t get a green light, though, until Midway City
is threatened by a powerful mystical enemy, and Waller needs to
activate the whole squad of prisoners. The baddies get a break. Deadshot
(Will Smith) has his Second Amendment rights reinstated, Harley
(Margot Robbie) is carefully excised from her birdcage, Diablo (Jay
Hernandez) is released from his own fireproof fortress of solitude,
Boomerang (Jai Courtney) and Slipknot (Adam Beach) strap their weapons
back on, and Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) is popped from his
swamp. The one condition for their restricted freedom: Obey orders or
die, a rule strictly enforced by squad leader Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman),
his samurai Katana (Karen Fukuhara), and the explosive devices
inserted into their necks courtesy of Wayne Enterprises. (Thanks,
Batman!) Throwing a wrench into all these plans is the tatted Gotham
City arch-criminal, the Joker (Jared Leto), and his laser-like plan to
reunite with his true love, Harley, mission be damned.
But a funny thing happens while these scumbags try to become heroes –
they each must absolve themselves of their crimes even if society
won’t. And that’s where it gets interesting. A layer of humanity – and
sadness – resides underneath these characters’ stories as they each
grapple with whether they can be redeemed.
(Source: EW)
