{"id":27719,"date":"2018-04-03T20:03:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T00:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=27719"},"modified":"2018-04-03T20:08:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T00:08:04","slug":"suicide-squad-hell-to-pay-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/03\/suicide-squad-hell-to-pay-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It\u2019ll take more than a bad movie to bring the \u201cSuicide Squad\u201d down. Deep down there\u2019s still a great movie to be made with this concept. \u201cAssault on Arkham\u201d showed it, and \u201cHell to Pay\u201d proves it. You don\u2019t have to make this group the center of the DC Universe fighting massive gods. They can just be super powered thugs doing the slimy stuff like stealing Lex Luthor\u2019s chunk of Kryptonite, or breaking in to Batman\u2019s fortress to steal incriminating evidence he has to bring down Amanda Waller. Something neat in the same vein happens in \u201cHell to Pay\u201d when the group are assigned to track down a maguffin that is both silly and clever.<\/p>\n

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After the first Suicide Squad proved troublesome, Amanda Waller is pushed in to a corner and decides to re-assemble a new group of super villains, all of whom have to learn to work together. Shocking enough, though Batman is mentioned, none of the major DC superheroes are here to be used as a crutch, because the writers do such a good job of cobbling together a ragtag group of super baddies that pack immense chemistry. The only surviving member of the original Suicide Squad (or Task Force X), Deadshot, is brought back in to the fold, and teamed with martial artist Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, the snake man Copperhead, and your favorite and mine: Harley Quinn.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re tasked with tracking down the holder of a mystical item that can grant someone an entrance in to heaven, and a lot<\/em><\/strong> of people are after it. This includes Captain Zoom, whose own powers are destroying his body. \u201cHell to Pay\u201d is a quick, brisk, and fun action movie with a ton of sleazy humor and a decidedly adult tone. The team members in Task Force X are slime balls, all of whom have mixed morals and kill people like it\u2019s a bodily function. This is the Suicide Squad I was hoping for, the kind that work well together but are always a step away from turning around and stabbing one another in the back. The cast are dynamic with Vanessa Williams doing solid work as Waller, while Christian Slater is top notch as Deadshot. I\u2019d be remiss if I didn\u2019t mention C. Thomas Howell\u2019s slimy turn as Zoom. The follow up to \u201cAssault on Arkham\u201d is a great return to form for our beloved DC scum: Task Force X.
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