Suicide Squad
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Viola Davis
Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), a U.S. Intelligence Officer creates a team of dangerous, incarcerated super-villains for a top-secret mission. Now armed with government weapons, Deadshot (Will Smith) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), along with their rag-tag team of miscreants unite together to battle a mysterious and powerful entity known as the Enchantress, while the diabolical Joker (Jared Leto) launches an evil agenda of his own.
One of the most surprising themes that is woven throughout the story is love and nowhere is this theme more powerfully illustrated than in the characters of Deadshot (Will Smith) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie).
While there are many tangled threads woven into the tapestry of the story, the essence of the film is really about Harley Quinn and Deadshot coming to grips with their personal crises and learning to appreciate the true value of the love they shared with the Joker and Deadshot’s daughter, Zoe.
In the beginning, Deadshot didn't think he was worthy of his daughter's love because he was a villain and he wanted much better for his daughter than a life drenched in crime and fear. If you notice though, his daughter, Zoe, is his incentive for everything. When Amanda Waller’s team tells Deadshot that he must join up with the Suicide Squad, his conditions for joining their hellish crusade are that his daughter would be reunited with him and that her education would be taken care of. When Batman is sent to bring in Deadshot, he doesn’t shoot Batman because his daughter begs him to show mercy. She loves her father even though he is a villain, but at this moment, Deadshot does not feel worthy of his daughter’s love. In the end, this same scene is reflected again when Deadshot confronts the Enchantress and it is this moment - this precious reminder of his daughter’s unbreakable love - that becomes the catalyst which allows Deadshot to defeat the Enchantress; because now he believes that he is truly worthy of his daughter’s love.
The relationship between the Clown King and Queen of Gotham is intriguing to me. The Joker isn't afraid of downright torturing his beautiful Queen, but he makes it very clear that if anyone else disrespects his girl, there will be hell to pay. When Amanda’s team recruits Harley Quinn into the Suicide Squad, the enraged Joker vows to stop at nothing to rescue his lady. For Harley, it is much the same....she's one of the most badass characters in the movie, but in her heart, she is still a woman who desires what all women do - love and connection - and she finds that connection in the Joker. While her relationship with the Joker is as toxic as the chemicals that created them, we see a much different story unfold in her memories; one where Harley dreams of someday sharing a perfect life with the Joker; one where they live happily ever after.
© 2013 – 2017 Keriane Kellogg. All rights reserved.
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Viola Davis
Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), a U.S. Intelligence Officer creates a team of dangerous, incarcerated super-villains for a top-secret mission. Now armed with government weapons, Deadshot (Will Smith) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), along with their rag-tag team of miscreants unite together to battle a mysterious and powerful entity known as the Enchantress, while the diabolical Joker (Jared Leto) launches an evil agenda of his own.
One of the most surprising themes that is woven throughout the story is love and nowhere is this theme more powerfully illustrated than in the characters of Deadshot (Will Smith) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie).
While there are many tangled threads woven into the tapestry of the story, the essence of the film is really about Harley Quinn and Deadshot coming to grips with their personal crises and learning to appreciate the true value of the love they shared with the Joker and Deadshot’s daughter, Zoe.
In the beginning, Deadshot didn't think he was worthy of his daughter's love because he was a villain and he wanted much better for his daughter than a life drenched in crime and fear. If you notice though, his daughter, Zoe, is his incentive for everything. When Amanda Waller’s team tells Deadshot that he must join up with the Suicide Squad, his conditions for joining their hellish crusade are that his daughter would be reunited with him and that her education would be taken care of. When Batman is sent to bring in Deadshot, he doesn’t shoot Batman because his daughter begs him to show mercy. She loves her father even though he is a villain, but at this moment, Deadshot does not feel worthy of his daughter’s love. In the end, this same scene is reflected again when Deadshot confronts the Enchantress and it is this moment - this precious reminder of his daughter’s unbreakable love - that becomes the catalyst which allows Deadshot to defeat the Enchantress; because now he believes that he is truly worthy of his daughter’s love.
The relationship between the Clown King and Queen of Gotham is intriguing to me. The Joker isn't afraid of downright torturing his beautiful Queen, but he makes it very clear that if anyone else disrespects his girl, there will be hell to pay. When Amanda’s team recruits Harley Quinn into the Suicide Squad, the enraged Joker vows to stop at nothing to rescue his lady. For Harley, it is much the same....she's one of the most badass characters in the movie, but in her heart, she is still a woman who desires what all women do - love and connection - and she finds that connection in the Joker. While her relationship with the Joker is as toxic as the chemicals that created them, we see a much different story unfold in her memories; one where Harley dreams of someday sharing a perfect life with the Joker; one where they live happily ever after.
© 2013 – 2017 Keriane Kellogg. All rights reserved.