![]() The plotting and storyline were erratic because it was all over the place. ![]() In this film, Harley Quinn was a chaotic character and chaotic is a great way to describe the film as a whole. ![]() It’s not exactly world-changing like in other DCEU films. If the ‘heroes’ fail all that happens is one man dominates the Gotham criminal world and becomes filthy rich. The effect of Birds of Prey being a gangster film was it was a smaller scale film, like Joker was. Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), who used a crossbow and had a tragic backstory seemed like she came out the Kill Bill universe. The only time the film ventures into more superhero territory was when Black Canary’s (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) used her powers, which she barely uses. It is a wacky world but the characters would fit more in a Guy Ritchie movie. It also gives the film that has a narrative change, one from Harley capturing a child and saving her own skin, to one where she has to protect the child.ĭue to the gangster setting Birds of Prey did not look or feel like a comic book film. It gives Birds of Prey the air of the Joe Carnahan film Smokin’ Aces where a load of assassins fight against each other to claim a million-dollar bounty. Sionis puts a bounty on Cassandra after sending Harley to retrieve the girl. ![]() This film’s focus was on the criminal underbelly of Gotham and the colourful characters that inhabit it. Like a Tarantino film, there are tropes like shifting timelines and voiceover. In Birds of Prey‘s it’s Cassandra Cain who has a diamond. Like those films Birds of Prey, the characters have a central goal that they are all converging on. Whilst Birds of Prey has some similarities to Deadpool, its main influence were the gangster films of Quentin Tarantino and his various copy cats. It’s amazing how Harley Quinn originated in a children’s cartoon and now pitched as an adult character. It was an R-rated action-comedy that had lots of swearing, some crude humour and violence, and a charismatic lead who broke the fourth wall. Warner Brothers clearly wanted Birds of Prey to be their Deadpool. Birds of Prey was essentially a mash-up of gangster caper and Deadpool. It also meant that directors had more creative freedom and DC films since 2017 have varied wildly. Instead of being a shared universe many of the films have been made as standalone adventures and in the case of Joker, not even a part of the DCEU. Since Justice League flopped Warner Brothers have reconfigured their DC adaptations. Considering the DCEU have an Oscar calibre actress in the role it made sense for Warner Brothers to make a solo “Harley Quinn” movie. Even in the maligned Suicide Squad Harley Quinn became a pop-culture phenomenon: 2016 saw lots of women dressing up as the character. She has become a character in the comics and been even presence in the franchise ever since. The character of Harley Quinn immediately become popular after her first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series. One of these people is the sadistic gangster Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor), leading Harley to enter into a web of schemes involving a diamond, protecting a teenage girl, and every rogue in Gotham going after Harley and Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco). By doing this Harley puts a target on her head because everyone who holds a grudge against her knows she no longer has the Joker’s protection. Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) has broken up with the Joker and she announces this news by blowing up a chemical plant. The film ends up being an R-rated look at the seedy side of the DCEU. 7, 2020.The ever-popular Harley Quinn gets her chance to lead her first feature film with the Suicide Squad spin-off Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). The film is scheduled for release on Feb. RELATED: Why Margot Robbie Insisted on an R-Rating for Birds of Preyĭirected by Cathy Yan from a script by Christina Hodson, Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) stars Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Ewan McGregor, Steven Williams, Derek Wilson, Dana Lee, Francois Chau, Charlene Amoia, Chris Messina and Matthew Willig. What's more, the film will feature less of a male gaze than the film's predecessor. Harley will also once again have pink-and-blue pigtails, and it looks like she will trade Suicide Squad's baseball bat for her signature mallet from the comics.īirds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) will be rated R, something that star and producer Robbie insisted on. The overalls themselves are noteworthy, considering they're covered with Harley's signature diamond logo. The image, which leaked online, features the character wearing a pink top underneath gold-colored overalls. RELATED: Birds of Prey: DC's Female-Led Ensemble Films Debuts First Poster
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