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Birds of Prey (2020)


Birds of Prey (2020)



6/10


Starring
Margot Robbie
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
Rosie Perez


Directed by Cathy Yan


I enjoyed the movie. Although, the script and screenplay aren’t fantastic, as it took a while for the girl crew to find themselves and form. Then it took even longer before the movie became about Harley. Other than that, it was a fun time at the movies with this R-rated DC film. The movie is better than Suicide Squad (2016), but it’s not the best superhero movie out there or even in the DCEU.

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)—yep, that’s the name Warner Bros. is running with. The name may be long, but it serves what the movie is supposed to be about. It’s a superhero film based on the DC Comics’ team Birds of Prey. It’s the eighth film in the DC Extended Universe and a sequel/follow-up to, as well as a spin-off of, Suicide Squad (2016). It stars Margot Robbie (who was wonderful) as Harley Quinn, and she also co-produced the movie.


The movie has fantastic visuals, and Cathy Yan, the director on her second full-length movie, had control and did a fine job in the way she allowed the movie’s storyline to gently develop. She placed enough action in between so the viewer wouldn’t get bored before the story itself births its main plot.

The plot starts with Harley and the Joker breaking up. Harley is messed up about it and is struggling to cope. She then decides to make a grand gesture of a middle finger to the world and her ex, but in doing so, she forgets all the people she had wronged in the past.

When she was Joker’s girl, nobody dared to touch her—they all feared what the Joker would do. Now that she’s by herself, all hell breaks loose on the revenge front.

Soon, we get to see all the members of the proposed girl crew, each with their own origin story, either shown or told. What led to each of them meeting was a young girl the gangster Roman Sionis/Black Mask wants. Roman sends everyone after her, including Harley. Huntress is on her own vendetta mission, which happens to cross paths with Roman. Canary, at the time, worked for Roman, and Renee Montoya, the detective, was building a case against Roman. Soon, because of the girl, all their paths cross.

What led to them bonding is for you to watch and find out. If you do watch the movie, you’ll find it enjoyable.




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