
Meanwhile, the Joker learns of Harley's predicament, locates A.R.G.U.S. Scaling a skyscraper, the team discover Waller is their mark, trying to cover up her involvement in Enchantress' revolt. Boomerang convinces Slipknot to take off, believing the bombs are a ruse, but Flag kills Slipknot when he tries to escape, proving Boomerang's theory false. Upon arrival in Midway City, the team's helicopter is shot down, forcing them to travel on foot. Waller and Flag deliberately hide the latter's relationship with Moone.

The team are led by Flag and joined by his associate Katana, a Japanese swordswoman. The roster consists of hitman Deadshot, who wants to reunite with his daughter Zoe Harley Quinn, a former psychiatrist-turned-girlfriend of Gotham crime lord Joker Australian thief Captain Boomerang pyrokinetic ex-gangster El Diablo mutant cannibal Killer Croc and mercenary Slipknot. Task Force X is formed to stop Enchantress, using six inmates from Belle Reve penitentiary. However, Enchantress betrays Waller, conquering Midway City, transforming humans into monsters, and summoning her brother Incubus to destroy mankind. Waller's subordinate Colonel Rick Flag is in love with Moone, and is made a member of Task Force X. Waller can control the Enchantress by seizing her magical heart, which wounds her if it is struck. June Moone, an American archaeologist, becomes possessed by demonic witch Enchantress.

If successful, they will have their sentences shortened.ĭr. The team will be used to combat metahuman threats, under Waller's control via nanite bombs implanted in each criminal's neck, which can be remotely detonated if they try to rebel or escape. In the aftermath of Superman's death, intelligence officer Amanda Waller convinces the US Government to greenlight Task Force X, a response team of criminals and supervillains. It was followed by the spin-off film Birds of Prey, starring Robbie, in 2020, and the standalone sequel The Suicide Squad in 2021, with Robbie, Kinnaman, Davis, and Courtney returning. The film was nominated for and won multiple awards across various categories, including an Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 89th Academy Awards, making it the first film in the DCEU to win an Academy Award. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, with praise for the cast but criticism for its plot and direction. Following a strong debut that set new box office records, the film grossed over $746 million worldwide, making it the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2016. Suicide Squad premiered in New York City on August 1, 2016, and was released in the United States in RealD 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D on August 5, 2016. Principal photography began in Toronto, Ontario on April 13, 2015, with additional filming in Chicago, and ended in August that year. Ayer signed on to write and direct in September 2014, and by October, the casting process had begun. In the film, a secret government agency led by Amanda Waller recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions and save the world from a powerful threat in exchange for reduced sentences.īy February 2009, a Suicide Squad film was in development at Warner Bros. Pictures, it is the third installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), it was written and directed by David Ayer and stars an ensemble cast including Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Scott Eastwood, Karen Fukuhara, Ike Barinholtz, and Cara Delevingne. Suicide Squad is a 2016 American superhero film based on the DC Comics supervillain team of the same name.
