Birds of Prey is a violent riot and huge fun despite its problems
HARLEY Quinn was the only decent thing about Suicide Squad and now Margot Robbie’s anti-heroine gets a story of her own (kind of).
This is a violent, foul-mouthed riot that is huge fun despite having plenty of problems.
Set a short time after Suicide Squad, Harley and Joker are over and she is not taking it well. She’s in a funk; furious at her ex getting all the credit, hounded by her past and in the bad books of a crime lord Black Mask (Ewan McGregor).
Cue an incomprehensible caper involving a diamond, face-peeling, off-shore accounts, female empowerment, squad building and hyenas in a bath.
Robbie is fantastic, McGregor chews up the technicolor scenery and the Birds Of Prey posse (including the brilliant Mary Elizabeth Winstead) are like the Charlie’s Angels reboot we actually wanted. It oozes post-Deadpool attitude. But it is also a bit of a hot mess.
Too much is crammed into the first hour and often there is far more style than substance. But the last half hour is perfect and it left me wanting more.
DC has some skin in the game after all.
