{"id":2019,"date":"2016-07-14T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2016-07-14T19:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T17:49:02","slug":"its-time-to-get-to-know-the-suicide-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/07\/14\/its-time-to-get-to-know-the-suicide-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time To Get To Know The Suicide Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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About Suicide Squad<\/h3>\n

One of the most anticipated films of 2016, SUICIDE SQUAD<\/a> is releasing on 5 August 2016. From director David Ayer (\u201cFury<\/a>,\u201d \u201cEnd of Watch\u201d) comes \u201cSuicide Squad,\u201d starring Oscar nominee Will Smith (\u201cAli,\u201d \u201cThe Pursuit of Happyness\u201d), Oscar winner Jared Leto (\u201cDallas Buyers Club<\/a>\u201d), Margot Robbie (\u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street<\/a>,\u201d \u201cFocus\u201d), Joel Kinnaman (Netflix\u2019s \u201cHouse of Cards\u201d) and Oscar nominee Viola Davis (\u201cThe Help,\u201d \u201cDoubt\u201d).<\/p>\n

It feels good to be bad\u2026 Assemble a team of the world\u2019s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government\u2019s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren\u2019t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it\u2019s every man for himself?<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Ayer based on the characters from DC Comics, the film also stars Jai Courtney (\u201cInsurgent\u201d), Jay Hernandez (\u201cTakers\u201d), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (\u201cThor: The Dark World\u201d), Ike Barinholtz (\u201cNeighbors\u201d), Scott Eastwood (\u201cFury\u201d), Cara Delevingne (\u201cPaper Towns\u201d), Adam Beach (\u201cCowboys & Aliens\u201d), and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut. It is produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n

Character Bios<\/h3>\n
AMANDA WALLER (Viola Davis)<\/h6>\n

\"Viola<\/a>A hard-as-nails career U.S. intelligence officer who makes bad things happen to bad people, Amanda Waller is the secret commander of the Suicide Squad and cares only about the operation at hand\u2014everyone is expendable when serving the greater good. She puts the inaugural Squad together in order to attempt an impossible mission, ensuring herself easy patsies to take the blame and zero personal accountability if things go wrong.<\/p>\n

COLONEL RICK FLAG (Joel Kinnaman)<\/h6>\n

\"Joel<\/a>Amanda Waller\u2019s second-in-command, Colonel Rick Flag is the best Tier One Shooter the armed forces has produced, which makes him even more suspicious of a home-grown cannon like Deadshot. A military man through and through, Flag is in charge of keeping this disparate group in line.<\/p>\n

DEADSHOT (Will Smith)<\/h6>\n

\"Will<\/a>Deadshot\u2014aka Floyd Lawton\u2014is a career mafia hit man and possibly the best marksman in the world. A stone cold pro who works alone, trusting no one, his one soft spot is his young daughter, Zoe, whom both Amanda Waller and Colonel Rick Flag use as means to exploit the precision gunman into joining their mission.<\/p>\n

THE JOKER (Jared Leto)<\/h6>\n

\"Jared<\/a>Chaos personified, The Joker is incredibly dangerous and revels in every single moment of the chaos he creates. Batman\u2019s greatest, most unpredictable adversary, he is also Arkham Asylum\u2019s most infamous resident, as well as the love of Squad member Harley Quinn\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

HARLEY QUINN (Margot Robbie)<\/h6>\n

\"Margot<\/a>Harley Quinn\u2014aka Dr. Harleen Quinzel\u2014is a beautiful young psychiatrist who treats the criminally insane patients at Arkham Asylum, including The Joker\u2026until he turns the tables on her. As crazy as she is desirable, Harley views life as one big, chaotic joke.<\/p>\n

CAPTAIN BOOMERANG (Jai Courtney)<\/h6>\n

\"Jai<\/a>An Australian roughneck, Captain Boomerang is devious, scheming and ruthless \u2026 and that\u2019s his good side. Utilizing an assortment of his trademark weapon\u2014razor-sharp, incendiary and electrically charged boomerangs\u2014his wise-cracking attitude and short fuse often irritate the other Squad members and escalate the already dangerous situation.<\/p>\n

DIABLO (Jay Hernandez)<\/h6>\n

\"Jay<\/a>His face bearing a tattooed skull, this one-time gang member can create and manipulate fire to do his bidding. But Diablo is haunted by the misdeeds of his past, and if he allows his temper to flare, there\u2019s no telling how much destruction he might cause.<\/p>\n

KILLER CROC (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje)<\/h6>\n

\"Adewale<\/a>A huge man for whom evolution is working backward, Killer Croc\u2019s square jaw, cracked and scaly skin and toothy grin evoke the most fearsome of reptiles, but it\u2019s his skill at surviving and manoeuvring in dark, dank, filthy sewers that makes him a deadly foe when he\u2019s in his element.<\/p>\n

DR. JUNE MOONE \/ ENCHANTRESS (Cara Delevingne)<\/h6>\n

\"Cara<\/a>Possessed by Enchantress\u2014a diaphanous, ethereal, wickedly beautiful witch as old as time\u2014June Moone struggles to hold on to her humanity while being overpowered by the seductress. And as long as Amanda Waller quite literally holds Enchantress\u2019s heart, June remains a servant to both women, and the siren remains at the whim of her captor until she can rise to reclaim all that she has lost.<\/p>\n

SLIPKNOT (Adam Beach)<\/h6>\n

\"Adam<\/a>Slipknot \u2013 aka Christopher Weiss \u2013 is a master in the use of elaborate ropes and tackle, including unbreakable ones. This trained assassin can climb anything.<\/p>\n

KATANA (Karen Fukuhara)<\/h6>\n

\"Karen<\/a>Dressed in Samurai-inspired, street fighter garb and ballistic facemask, Katana wields the Soultaker, a large Samurai sword that traps the souls of all its victims. A cold-blooded killer, she serves as a member of the Squad, but is also there as an associate of Colonel Rick Flag to keep the others in line.<\/p>\n

The Other Players<\/h3>\n
CAPTAIN GRIGGS (Ike Barinholtz)<\/h6>\n

The redneck leader of the prison guards at Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary, Captain Griggs is a vain and tyrannical bureaucrat who enjoys the power his position affords him and is no friend to the inmates he oversees.<\/p>\n

LIEUTENANT \u201cGQ\u201d EDWARDS (Scott Eastwood)<\/h6>\n

The leader of the Navy SEAL team assigned to the Squad\u2019s mission, Lieutenant \u201cGQ\u201d Edwards \u2013 along with fellow SEALs Anvil, Gomez and Kowalski \u2013 wears his confidence as easily as his personal armoury of weapons.<\/p>\n

FROST<\/h6>\n

One of The Joker\u2019s madcap assemblage of henchmen, Frost is his right-hand man and loyal aide-de-camp, always at his boss\u2019s side, ready, willing and able to do his bidding.<\/p>\n

THE EYES OF THE ADVERSARY (EAs)<\/h6>\n

The Eyes of the Adversary relentlessly battle the Squad in order to keep them from their mission. These former humans, now possessed by a magical, otherworldly entity, resemble a soulless heap of black carbuncle with a head composed of a misshapen mass of eyes.<\/p>\n

INCUBUS<\/h6>\n

An unimaginable evil as old as time itself, Incubus\u2019s ethereal, menacing power knows no bounds. Able to regenerate again and again, becoming stronger each time, his inhuman arsenal of weapons includes massive bolts of energy that can shear a Blackhawk in half.<\/p>\n

Key Sites<\/h3>\n

BELLE REVE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY<\/h6>\n

A special prison designed to hold the most violent super-powered criminals, Belle Reve Federal Penitentiary is where U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller goes to hand-pick the Squad for an impossibly dangerous mission. In the middle of nowhere, it\u2019s surrounded by a vast bayou of cypress trees and swampland, with only a long, bridged causeway connecting it to the outside world.<\/p>\n

SKULL CHAMBER<\/h6>\n

Surrounded by the natural jewel box of a glistening, crystalline limestone cave, the Skull Chamber is a prehistoric chamber deep inside the Earth. Like Enchantress herself, its beauty belies what lurks beneath its irresistible fa\u00e7ade.<\/p>\n

GOTHAM CITY<\/h6>\n

Home to Batman, the greatest vigilante hero of all time, Gotham City also houses Arkham Asylum, where\u2014thanks to Batman\u2014the most dangerous, criminally insane villains reside.<\/p>\n

ARKHAM ASYLUM<\/h6>\n

Arkham Asylum is Gotham City\u2019s impenetrable prison, which houses its most insanely dangerous \u2013 and dangerously insane \u2013 criminals, such as The Joker. This is where The Joker meets Dr. Harleen Quinzel, aka Harley Quinn.<\/p>\n

MIDWAY CITY<\/h6>\n

This Midwestern locale is the site of the Suicide Squad\u2019s inaugural mission.<\/p>\n