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Suicide Squad 2 - Movie Review

Streaming: HBOMAX Suicide Squad 1 was one of the finest DC movies(Minus Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy) to come out from their camp. Do not go by the reviews. It was so well received that Harley Quinn had her own movie. Now cut to Suicide Squad 2 with the famous James Gunn from Marvel camp at the helm, it barely meets the expectations.  Marvel made it seem so easy to write a super hero movie in super entertaining fashion with movies like Winter Soldier, Thor Ragnorak, Guardians of the Galaxy etc. But DC thought all they needed was the guy who directed Guardians to sell Suicide Squad. Oh my oh my how they were wrong. In one phrase, Suicide Squad is a gross mess that shines few times and far in between. Suicide Squad is no Guardians, not even close. The screenplay is messy. The visuals are gross but it aint Kill Bill. Kill Bill romanticizes with violence but Suicide Squad tries to romanticize with gross elements. To say the least, it doesn't work in favor of the movie. Idris Elba is
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The Purge: Election Year

The Purge is definitely a good idea and part two made it even more interesting. Part 3 would have been just an average fare if not for the slight similarities with the real life election year in USA. Be it intentional or totally coincidental it marries the fictional scenario with real life scenario very well and that works too. Narration is in tact. It would be interesting to see how they can take this series forward from here on.

Overall, this part in the series, helps keep the series alive but sooner or later the canvas needs to expand and make this series larger. And it has that potential. I feel this plot has more chance of becoming larger than the larger franchises like Hunger Games, Maze Runner etc.

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