Suicide Squad (film)

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Suicide Squad is a 2016 superhero film based on the DC Comics team of the same name, part of the DC Extended Universe, written and directed by David Ayer. It had a troubled production and got mixed to negative reviews. It received praise for Margot Robbie's performance as Harley Quinn and is the first DCEU film to win an Academy Award.

In 2021 it received a soft reboot/standalone sequel called The Suicide Squad, directed by James Gunn.

Tropes used in Suicide Squad (film) include:

Rick Flag: You disobey me, you die. You try to escape, you die. You otherwise irritate or vex me, guess what... you die.
Harley Quinn: I'm known to be quite vexing, I'm just forewarning you...
Rick Flag: Lady, SHUT UP!!!
[Harley pouts and gives a faux-naïve look]

Rick Flag: Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you people?
Harley Quinn: [rolls eyes] We're bad guys. It's what we do!

Joker: Oh, I'm not gonna kill ya... I'm just going hurt ya really, really bad.

  • The Stinger: Bruce Wayne talks to Amanda Waller about his Justice League.
  • Tailor-Made Prison: Harley Quinn's cell is a cage within a larger cage, the obvious intent to limit her reach and protect anyone outside of it; this film models Harley after the far-more insane version in the New 52.