Suicide Squad (film)

> *"The world changed when Superman flew across the skies.
> And then it changed again when he didn't."*
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> ― Amanda Waller
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**The** **Suicide Squad**, also known as **Suicide Squad**, is a superhero film based on the DC Comics supervillain team of the same name. It is the twelfth film in the DC Extended Universe and the fifth film of Phase Two. The film was released on August 5, 2016.

The film is directed by David Ayer, written by James Gunn and produced by Matt Reeves, Margot Robbie and Zack Snyder.

## Synopsis

Amanda Waller has secretly been selling high tech blueprints to Lex Luther to stop Superman were he ever to turn evil. In his absence, psychotic inventor Dr. Winslow Jr. steals these experimental weapons from LexCorp and uses them to destroy the MCPD, releasing all prisoners and taking over the city. Amanda uses her resources to block the media and recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute a dangerous black ops mission to stop Dr. Winslow and take back the city, under the name Task Force X -- and it's a race against the clock before Dr. Winslow uses the blueprints from Lex to manufacture a bomb and completely level Metropolis.

## Cast

* Viola Davis as Director Amanda Waller
* Margot Robbie as Dr. Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn
* Tom Hardy as Colonel Rick Flag
* Macaulay Culkin as Dr. Winslow Schott Jr. / Toyman
* Will Smith as Floyd Lawton / Deadshot
* Jai Courtney as Digger Harkness / Captain Boomerang
* Jay Hernandez as Chato Santana / El Diablo
* Taylor Wily as Nanaue / King Shark
* Hoyeon Jung as Jade Nguyen / Cheshire
* Adam Beach as Christopher Weiss / Slipknot
* Callan Mulvery as Anatoli Knyazev / KGBeast
* Jared Leto as Arthur Fleck / Joker
* Randall Park as Agent Fed Danvers
* Jennifer Holland as Karin Grace
* Jim Parrack as Jonny Frost
* Common as Monster T
* Ike Barinholtz as Captain Hunter Griggs
* Joel Kinnaman as Lieutenant GQ Edwards
* Vince Vaughn as Dexter Tolliver
* Ted Whittall as Admiral Mackenzie Olsen
* Michael Fassbender as Lex Luthor
* Floriana Lima as Maggie Sawyer
* Carl Lumbly as Dan Turpin
* Shailyn Pierre-Dixon as Zoe Lawton
* Ezra Miller as Barry Allen / Flash
* Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman
* John Ostrander as Dr. Fitzgibbon
* Vic Waghorn as Mayor Robert Morrisroe
* Patrick Wilson as President Peter Ross

## Trivia

* The film is Rated R, as most of the squad members are vile criminals. Deadshot is a mercenary for hire, Harley is Joker's crazy right-hand woman, Slipknot is a serial rapist, Boomerang is a racist thief, El Diablo murdered his own family, Cheshire is an assassin who kills women and children, KGBeast is a terrorist mercenary while King Shark eats everything, and everyone, in his path.
* Harley Quinn, Joker and KGBeast are the only members of the squad who were introduced in previous films, while the remaining members make their first appearance.
* The main villain of the movie is Toyman, whom the squad is dispatched to apprehend. However, once Joker realizes where Harley is, he becomes a thorn in the Squad's side, tearing the city apart and halting their progress to get her back.
* Toyman's wife and daughter died in the Black Zero event. He became vengeful after the world started worshiping Superman, setting his plan in motion when he heard of his death.
* Dr. Winslow Jr. is using advanced weaponry from LexCorp and merging them with stolen Kryptonian technology from the Black Zero event.
* Harley Quinn and the Joker have their final breakup in this film.
* El Diablo, KGBeast and Slipknot all end up dying in the film.
* Joker kills Toyman at the end of the film.
* After her nano-bomb manages to stay deactivated, Harley Quinn escapes both Amanda Waller and the Joker at the end of the film, setting up *Harley Quinn & The Gotham City Sirens*.
* The mid-credits scene is Rick Flag getting arrested and sent to Arkham after Amanda shifted the blame and release of the criminals on him. The post-credits scene is Bruce Wayne meeting Amanda for dinner, promising to cover up her involvement in the chaos for files on the locations of Barry, Arthur and Victor, setting up *Justice League*.

## Gallery

ToymanAmanda WallerRick FlagDeadshotHarley QuinnJokerBoomerangKing SharkEl DiabloCheshireSlipknotKGBeastMetropolis Shielded by Toyman