The first trailer for Suicide squad arrives later today, but before that, the director James Gunn debuted a colorful and stylish poster that seems to be a direct reference to the 1967 war movie poster The Dirty Dozen. As Suicide squad, that Lee Marvin film also dealt with a squad of criminals recruited to participate in a potentially dangerous mission. But there were a lot less shark people and Jai Courtneys in that movie.
Here is the poster of Suicide squad. Although a part of me thinks the tendency to “make new movie posters look old and wrinkled” kind of took place at this point, I admit that this is a big poster. It’s colorful, it’s funny, it has a great slogan and, as I mentioned above, it’s clearly inspired by the poster of The Dirty Dozen. See for yourself.
I just wish they had kept THEIR TRAIN! EXCITES THEM! ARM THEM! on the top. Other than that, it is a fun tribute and fits perfectly with the theme “criminals on a deadly mission”. And if that weren’t enough for you, here’s another poster.
Suicide squad stars Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, Peter Capaldi, David Dastmalchian, Daniela Melchior, Michael Rooker, Alice Braga, Pete Davidson, Joaquín Cosio, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Nathan Fillion, Steve Agee, Sean Gunn, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Jennifer Holland, and Tinashe Kajese, with Sylvester Stallone, and Viola Davis. Look in theaters and HBO Max on August 6. Here is a synopsis:
Welcome to hell, also known as Belle Reve, the prison with the highest death rate in the USA from A. Where the worst supervillains are kept and where they will do anything to get out – even join the super secret and dark Force X. The task of making or dying today? Gather a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone’s favorite psychopath, Harley Quinn. Then, arm them tightly and throw them (literally) on the remote island of Corto Maltese, full of enemies. Walking through a jungle filled with militant opponents and guerrilla forces at every step, the Squadron is on a search and destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave … and Amanda Waller’s government technicians in your ears, tracking every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they die (either at the hands of their opponents, a teammate or Waller herself). If someone is betting, the money is against them – all of them.
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