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Siskoid
If you liked James Gunn's Suicide Squad, you're gonna love Peacemaker. Gunn brings the same deflation tactics he perfected in Guardians of the Galaxy to put the entire DCEU on notice and the lead on a necessary redemption arc. If you're a fan of any character appearing of even referenced from the comics, you're in for a savage take-down of your fave. None more so than Vigilante who might be the weak link as I think the joke of his being a psychopath on the spectrum wears thin long before the finale. On the other hand, the series also gives us the character find of 2022, Adebayo (Orange Is the New Black's Danielle Brooks), and one of Gunn's trademark animal heroes, Eagly, as well as badass cop played by Annie Chang. And of course there's John Cena himself who, though he can do action, is essentially a comic actor. There's no amount of humiliation he isn't ready to put himself (and Peacemaker) through for a laugh or a touch of pathos, and that's how we come to care for what could also have been a one-note character. Gunn's capacity to soundtrack a project is on show, though I'm not really into the hair band stuff that typifies the series. It still gives us the most unskippable of opening credit sequences though (and very relevant to the emotional through-line of the season). So yeah, a fun R-rated superhero comedy. 2 years 2 months ago -
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