Suicide Squad

They're murderers, thieves, assassins, psychopaths, and generally the last people you'd trust to save the world. Naturally, they're exactly who the government calls when things get really bad.

In this series, Now Playing Podcast reviews every film in DC's Suicide Squad saga, including Suicide Squad, The Suicide Squad, Birds of Prey, and any future missions these antiheroes may survive long enough to undertake. Built around Task Force X, Amanda Waller's expendable team of incarcerated supervillains, these films offer a darker, stranger, and often more chaotic corner of the DC Universe.

Along the way we'll follow fan-favorite characters including Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, King Shark, and a rotating roster of criminals, misfits, and walking disasters sent on missions so dangerous that survival is never guaranteed. Sometimes they're saving the world. Sometimes they're making things worse. Often they're doing both at the same time.

Part superhero adventure, part war movie, part black comedy, and part train wreck you can't look away from, the Suicide Squad films embrace the idea that heroism can come from the most unexpected places. Join us as we review every mission, every betrayal, every explosion, and every questionable life choice from DC's deadliest team of reluctant heroes.

After all, when your roster is made up of supervillains, success is relative.