swooped in and gave Gunn carte blanche to tackle any DC Comics property he wanted. Gunn swiftly and unreservedly apologized for the tweets, saying in a statement that “regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today.” His career implosion was short-lived almost as quickly, Warner Bros. Korea Box Office: 'Escape From Mogadishu' Overpowers 'The Suicide Squad'Ĭhina Box Office: With Hollywood Tentpoles Still on Ice, 'Raging Fire' Reigns Why 'The Suicide Squad' Stumbled at the Box Office

Like Gunn’s earlier, smaller films - the 2006 R-rated horror comedy “Slither” and the 2010 R-rated costume vigilante dramedy “Super” - “The Suicide Squad” is exuberantly violent and profane, reveling in blood, gore, and nudity (male and female) that reflect its characters’ total lack of decorum or pretension. 2” - “The Suicide Squad” is a massive comic book spectacular, about scrappy crew of headstrong ne’er-do-wells who struggle, hilariously, to figure out how to work together as a team as they face off against a giant alien monster (in this case, a brain-sucking starfish called Starro). Like his Marvel Studios’ films - 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” and 2017’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

SPOILER WARNING: Do not read if you have not seen “ The Suicide Squad,” currently playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max.įor anyone familiar with James Gunn’s career, his DC comics adaptation “The Suicide Squad” is arguably the most James Gunn movie he’s ever made.

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