Suicide Squad is a movie directed by David Ayer in 2016 and based on the characters from the comic book of the same name by Steve Anglehart, first published in 1987. The movie features Will Smith, Jaime FitzSimons, Ike Barinholtz, Margot Robbie, Christopher Dyson, Bambadjan Bamba, and others.
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“The comic book is better than the movie”
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Book by Marv Wolfman
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Storyline
In the one-year aftermath of Superman’s death, intelligence officer Amanda Waller convinces Washington, D.C. officials to allow her to assemble Task Force X, a team of dangerous criminals imprisoned at Belle Reve Special Security Barracks. Meanwhile, Harley’s lover, Gotham City crime boss Joker, finds out about her predicament and tortures Belle Reve security officer Griggs into leading him to the facility where the nanite bombs are made.
Movie vs Book
Year
2016
Minutes
123
Movie Rate
6.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1987
Pages
229
Book Rate
7.60
S: Goodreads
Comic Book
Suicide Squad
Author: Steve Anglehart
Country: USA
First published in: 1987
Length: 229 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Suicide Squad
Other screen adaptations of the comic book
Movie by James Gunn
User polls & recommendations
“I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.”
BRET EASTON ELLIS (Writer)
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