Birds of Prey is the newest film in the DCEU and the follow up to 2016's Suicide Squad. It was released on February 7th, 2020, and I saw the film on opening night, but didn't review it then. Now that I bought the blu-ray recently, I can review the film while it's fresh in my mind. The film tells the story of Harley Quinn, as we join her through a journey as she breaks up with the Joker, has tons of violent criminals after her because she no longer has Joker's protection, and she must protect a kid from the bad guy, Black Mask, who is after the kid because she stole a precious diamond. This film was polorizing, although overall much better received than Suicide Squad. What do I think of this film? This film is both a solid action movie and a solid comedy. This film has some of the best action sequences I have seen in the DC films so far! The police station raid and the final act are beautiful pieces of action filmmaking and I loved every minute of them. There are tons of great moments of comedy. Margot Robbie commits to the role of Harley Quinn, she lives and breathes the character! Ewan McGregor as Black Mask is also fucking amazing! He is so wonderfully over the top and funny, he was so much fun to watch! Another standout is Mary Elizabeth-Winstead as Huntress, she was badass, funny and incredibly sexy too. Honestly a threeway with Margot Robbie and Mary Elizabeth-Winstead would be the time of my life! The film was also extremely fast paced, there was never a single dull moment here, and there were also a couple of moments of some pretty sweet R-rated violence! I do have a couple of issues though. If you want a full on Birds of Prey movie, you'll be very disappointed, because the titular team don't team up until the final act, this is very much a Harley Quinn movie. Also I couldn't help but notice that this movie REALLY felt like Deadpool in terms of storytelling. The first half of the movie jumps back and forth between past and present just like Deadpool did, that's more of a nitpick, but I just couldn't help but notice it. Overall, Birds of Prey is a terrific action comedy that fans of DC and comic book movies should check out! It's immensely fun, hilarious, action packed, the acting is great, it's just a great time!
Grade: A-
Run time: 109 min
MPAA: R (for strong violence and language throughout, and some sexual and drug material)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
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