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The Suicide Squad
An unapologetically vulgar, hyper-violent comic opera of outcasts discovering warmth amid splatter, where discarded degenerates bleed neon crimson under tropical downpour, painting genuine tenderness onto a grotesque canvas of chaos.
The Suicide Squad
The Suicide Squad

"They’re dying to save the world."

28 July 2021 United States of America 132 min 7.5 (9,783)

Director: James Gunn

Cast: Margot Robbie, Idris Elba, John Cena, Joel Kinnaman, Sylvester Stallone

Action Comedy Adventure Found Family and Healing Shared Trauma Institutional Hypocrisy and Imperialist Statecraft Blind Patriotism vs. Genuine Moral Conscience Agency, Reclamation, and Subverting the 'Junk' Label
Budget: $185,000,000
Box Office: $168,717,425

The Suicide Squad — Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

I cherish peace with all my heart. I don't care how many men, women, and children I need to kill to get it.
— Peacemaker

Context

Spoken during a campfire discussion on the road across Corto Maltese.

Meaning

Summarizes his twisted, extreme moral philosophy and blind devotion to peace through violence.

Peacemaker... what a joke.
— Rick Flag

Context

Flag’s dying words to Peacemaker inside the collapsing ruins of Jotunheim before taking his final breath.

Meaning

Strips away Christopher's heroic delusions and exposes the hypocrisy of his violent nationalism.

Rats are the lowliest and most despised of all creatures, my love. If they have a purpose, so do we all.
— Ratcatcher 1

Context

Spoken by Cleo’s father in a Lisbon flashback memory, establishing the emotional basis for her climactic actions.

Meaning

Encapsulates the film's core theme regarding the inherent value, dignity, and purpose of all discarded beings.

I made a promise to myself that the next time I got a boyfriend, I would be on the lookout for red flags. And if I saw any, I would do the healthy thing and I would murder him.
— Harley Quinn

Context

Delivered immediately after shooting dictator Silvio Luna in the heart upon learning of his genocidal plans.

Meaning

Highlights Harley's personal growth, agency, and refusal to fall back into toxic, abusive dynamics.

I was happy floating, staring at the stars.
— Starro the Conqueror

Context

Starro's dying words spoken via The Thinker's telepathic translation as it dies on the streets of Corto Maltese.

Meaning

Recontextualizes the kaiju from a generic extraterrestrial monster into an abused victim of human experimentation.

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