Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
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Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey (more)
Directed by:
Cathy YanScreenplay:
Christina HodsonCinematography:
Matthew LibatiqueComposer:
Daniel PembertonCast:
Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Daniel Bernhardt, Charlene Amoia (more)VOD (3)
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You ever hear the one about the cop, the songbird, the psycho and the mafia princess? Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is a twisted tale told by Harley herself, as only Harley can tell it. When Gotham’s most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya’s paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down. (Warner Bros. US)
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Just like Kick-Ass 2 tried to emulate the success of number one, Birds of Prey wants to emulate the success of Deadpool, and it is a similar flop. What I can praise is the style and Margot Robbie, who clearly enjoys playing Harley and the role of an unreliable narrator really agrees with her. Otherwise, it's pathetic. You can tell they have put a lot of work into choreography, but good ideas alternate with ridiculous ones almost reaching the level of parody (the fight at the end is not far from the ending of Hot Shots! Part Deux). The worst thing about this movie by far, however, is the cast, where none of the actresses fit into the team that was supposed to be the core of the movie. For example, Rosie Perez is synonymous with boredom. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, as much as I liked her in Scott Pilgrim, is probably showing the worst performance of her career. And Ewan McGregor? Though an excellent actor, he should be praying that the next Star Wars movie with his Obi-Wan will succeed. Otherwise, he should really change agents, because everything he’s appeared in recently blew up like the Death Star, which is something to consider. But back to Birds of Prey. It's great that thanks to the girl power movement an unknown female director and screenwriter got a chance to shoot a blockbuster, but they managed to make a movie where the relationships between the girls in the team don't work, story twists don't work either, some of the dialogues are downright terrible and it’s all sloppily narrated. The result is a movie that may be a little better than the disastrous Justice League but grossed less than Green Lantern ten years ago! In short, not everyone has the comedic and storytelling talent of Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool, and not every comic book gets supervised by a genius the likes of Matthew Vaughn.
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