![]() ![]() Action Girl: With the exception of Cassandra, all of the Birds of Prey count as this: Harley, Helena, Renee and Canary can beat the ever-living crap out of any mook stupid enough to go up against them.Abusive Dad: According to Harley, her father traded her for a six pack of beer and when she kept coming back several times, he ditched her to the Good Sisters of St.Previews: Teaser 1, Teaser 2, Trailer 1, Trailer 2, Soundtrack Trailer. Harley wound up reappearing the following year in The Suicide Squad. Due to its early release date, Birds of Prey was ultimately one of the few major franchise films to be theatrically released worldwide in 2020, before the COVID-19 Pandemic shut theaters down for months on end. The film is also the shortest thus far in the franchise at 108 minutes long with the rest of the films clocking in at over 130 minutes. The film is rated R in the US for "strong violence and language throughout, and some sexual and drug material", a first for the DCEU, though Batman v Superman's Ultimate Edition re-release was also rated R. When a teenage pickpocket, Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco), unwittingly steals a diamond belonging to crime lord Black Mask ( Ewan McGregor), Harley joins forces with a group of female asskickers consisting of Black Canary ( Jurnee Smollett), Huntress ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Renee Montoya ( Rosie Perez) to protect her. Some time after the events of Suicide Squad, Harley Quinn (Robbie) starts a new life after breaking up with The Joker. An uncredited Chad Stahelski (of John Wick fame) supervised some action scenes as second unit director. It is directed by Cathy Yan, written by Christina Hodson ( Shut In, Unforgettable, Bumblebee), and produced by Margot Robbie through her company, Luck圜hap Entertainment. Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily.Birds of Prey ( and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), also marketed as Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey, is an action/comedy superhero film based on the comic book characters of the same name, and the eighth installment in the DC Extended Universe. On the whole, it sounds like Birds of Prey isn't going to wow you-but if you're looking for something to do on a rainy Sunday, it's at least worth your time. The praise only keeps coming from there-and while yes, these reviews are mixed, and yes, the plot is shallow, and yes, the whole thing is a bit ridiculous-it holds together at least well enough to be standing at 88 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. So is Rosie Perez as Gotham police detective Renee Montoya-she’s tired of being passed over for promotion by men who don’t have an iota of her smarts. ![]() Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as Huntress, aka the cross-bow killer, who’s taken a vow of vengeance against the gangsters who killed her family right in front of her. Jurnee Smollett-Bell does just that as Dinah Lance, aka Black Canary, a songbird in Roman’s nightclub who’s become a street fighter to deflect male aggression. The fun comes in watching the women kick ass. ![]() supervillain prequel where they get to be gay and do crimes. He just about slinks away with the entire movie, making you wish his Roman and Messina’s Zsasz had their own Warner Bros. McGregor spends much of the movie flipping his wrist to signal a murder like a conductor directing an orchestra, lounging in silk robes, dancing to no music, and saying the word 'birdy' over and over in reference to his lackeys. Sionis is totally grossed out at messiness, loves Botox, and also has a sociopathic quasi-boyfriend henchman in Victor Zsasz (a platinum-haired Chris Messina). ![]()
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