![]() Nobody told Nanaue not to play with his food.Īfter Suarez is killed, his fellow generals seize power only to be gunned down by the Resistance. It hits different when you realize they've cold-bloodedly murdered actual freedom fighters. The pissing contest between Bloodsport and Peacemaker is very funny while you think they're killing bad guys in increasingly creative ways. Resistance guerrillas (Stabbed, shot, axe in head, blowpipe, set on fire then shot) This is important because it reminds you about the spear she's been carrying around, keeping it in your mind for the ending of the film. Harley tops off her lovelorn rampage by kebabing a bunch of guards with Javelin's javelin. Guards who shot Milton (Vaporized by interdimensional polka dots) Harley finds closure for her latest romantic misadventure with a pair of M-16s as flowers fulminate through the air.Ģ1. So it doesn't feel too harsh that Bloodsport flame-throwers this otherwise probably perfectly affable Corto Maltesian citizen. In any other movie, the starfish would drop off and their victims would shake their heads, mutter "Whu… what happened?" and return to being human. Star-crossed Corto Maltesian (Incinerated) ![]() ![]() Savant squishes a bird in the opening scene, so it's appropriate his headless corpse is pecked by a bird after he panics and swims from the beach assault.Ģ3. Nathan Fillion is a notable guest star, but The Detachable Man turned out to be (wait for it… ) 'armless. ![]() Bonus points for the comradely grins shared by Flag and Harley.Ī lot of the deaths on the beach are her fault, including her own. Bathing guerrilla (Electrocuted by fan)Ĭan't beat a slo-mo power walk in the rain, and you can't beat a bit of Pixies. Fancy shirt guerrilla (Eaten by shark)Ī great example of how James Gunn gives even the most nameless victim a dash of personality, before dashing their brains out.Ģ8. Beach Soldier (Head sliced off by boomerang)Ī samurai movie staple, the dude's head sliding off in the opening attack is a teasing taste of the gory carnage to come.Ģ9. When one door closes, another door opens, and is then repeatedly slammed into your face by an escaping Harley Quinn.ģ0. But the song isn't as good as that one they did about being eaten by a whale.ģ4. The hook line - "I want to love somebody but I don't know how" - is an aching summary of the whole film, and perhaps the entire human condition. Sounding deceptively like the '70s West Coast pop James Gunn loves so much, this breezy number is in fact from 2018 and it's by the Decemberists. Guard tower guerrillas (Falling from guard tower) Her torturer taken out, the song rings in our ears as Harley gets over her heartbreak by battering and machine-gunning a palace full of guards. But things soon even out for Harley when she becomes unexpected allies with three deadly women - Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya.Harley is indeed sad and lonely now she ain't got nobody, even if it is kinda her fault - she totally had somebody until she shot him in the face. Unprotected and on the run, Quinn faces the wrath of narcissistic crime boss Black Mask, his right-hand man, Victor Zsasz, and every other thug in the city. It's open season on Harley Quinn when her explosive breakup with the Joker puts a big fat target on her back.
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