Film Review: Bird of Prey
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Cert: R-rate
Director: Cathy Yan
Screen writer: Christina Hodson
Starring: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, David Ury, Sara Montez, Isabel Pakzad, Daniel Bernhardt, Kc Strubbe, Jacky Shu, Paloma Rabinov
Running time: 1h 49min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
Violence & Gore: Bloody and graphic violence throughout
Profanity: Around 60 uses of "fuck", 25 uses of "shit", and around 5 each of "hell", "damn", "piss", and "bastard".
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
Frightening/Intense Scenes: This movie is very intense and has lots of bloody violence.
Story: A twisted tale told by Harley Quinn herself, when Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya's paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.
Likes: Is the film any good? Sadly no, while Margot Robbie is a talented actress and plays Harley Quin perfect as we have seen from Suicide squad, the film is sadly underwhelming and forgettable, while most of the fights scene were good and well choreographed, you may enjoy the psychedelic mix of disjointed cool visuals, great music, firecrackers, fragments of good acting. But the birds of prey side of the film is just messy writing and the film should have just been called Harley quin, because this film waste the potential of the bird of prey.
While most part of the film brutality actually works for the film, it sadly brought down by the rest of it. as the film it self is just incoherent with choppy acting. which is why i honest can not praise this film.
Dislikes: This film has so many problems, which most of the performances in this film are very shoddy at best, this especially from Rosie Perez who is a walking cliche' as Renee Montoya (and I know that's what they were going for but it just doesn't work in this film, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress who gives us some very cringe acting at times, and I think some of this has something to do with the screenplay which I also think is average at best.
The costume design is extremely lazy as well, the huntress should have the same adaption costume as the comic book she would have come off a bit more bad ass, because in street clothes she didnt even come close to look like the huntress.
I found that they completely butchered Victor Zsasz, he was so tone down for this film it was unreal, the man is a psychopath not to mention he doesnt have Hair.
Ewan McGregor a great actor but playing Black mask just didnt work, with the lack of development which drag the film down give lack of a strong antagonist which make for a forgettable film.
Not a film i would recommend watching.
Overall: Good fight scene, some what good acting, but wasted potential of the bird of prey side with a weak portrayal of a villain
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 for Entertainment / 5.7 out of 10 for poor writing and costume design
Cert: R-rate
Director: Cathy Yan
Screen writer: Christina Hodson
Starring: Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Ewan McGregor, Ella Jay Basco, Chris Messina, Ali Wong, David Ury, Sara Montez, Isabel Pakzad, Daniel Bernhardt, Kc Strubbe, Jacky Shu, Paloma Rabinov
Running time: 1h 49min
Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.
Sex & Nudity:
- Near the end of the film, a nude statue of Roman is seen
- Minor inappropriate dresses, some exposed areas
- A character wears a sports bra throughout the movie
- A man told another man to tear off a woman's dress. Her bra was exposed, no full nudity.
- Harley is punched in the breast and exclaims, "ow, my tit!" just moments after getting kicked in the groin.
Violence & Gore: Bloody and graphic violence throughout
Profanity: Around 60 uses of "fuck", 25 uses of "shit", and around 5 each of "hell", "damn", "piss", and "bastard".
Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking:
- Harley is hiding behind a stack of kilos of drugs as gang members shoot at her. The drug dust drifts all around her face and puts her in a hyper, crazed state.
- Harley Quinn is drunk in multiple scenes.
- Harley Quinn offers a teenage girl a margarita, but a cop takes it away from the girl.
Frightening/Intense Scenes: This movie is very intense and has lots of bloody violence.
Story: A twisted tale told by Harley Quinn herself, when Gotham's most nefariously narcissistic villain, Roman Sionis, and his zealous right-hand, Zsasz, put a target on a young girl named Cass, the city is turned upside down looking for her. Harley, Huntress, Black Canary and Renee Montoya's paths collide, and the unlikely foursome have no choice but to team up to take Roman down.
Likes: Is the film any good? Sadly no, while Margot Robbie is a talented actress and plays Harley Quin perfect as we have seen from Suicide squad, the film is sadly underwhelming and forgettable, while most of the fights scene were good and well choreographed, you may enjoy the psychedelic mix of disjointed cool visuals, great music, firecrackers, fragments of good acting. But the birds of prey side of the film is just messy writing and the film should have just been called Harley quin, because this film waste the potential of the bird of prey.
While most part of the film brutality actually works for the film, it sadly brought down by the rest of it. as the film it self is just incoherent with choppy acting. which is why i honest can not praise this film.
Dislikes: This film has so many problems, which most of the performances in this film are very shoddy at best, this especially from Rosie Perez who is a walking cliche' as Renee Montoya (and I know that's what they were going for but it just doesn't work in this film, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Huntress who gives us some very cringe acting at times, and I think some of this has something to do with the screenplay which I also think is average at best.
The costume design is extremely lazy as well, the huntress should have the same adaption costume as the comic book she would have come off a bit more bad ass, because in street clothes she didnt even come close to look like the huntress.
I found that they completely butchered Victor Zsasz, he was so tone down for this film it was unreal, the man is a psychopath not to mention he doesnt have Hair.
Ewan McGregor a great actor but playing Black mask just didnt work, with the lack of development which drag the film down give lack of a strong antagonist which make for a forgettable film.
Not a film i would recommend watching.
Overall: Good fight scene, some what good acting, but wasted potential of the bird of prey side with a weak portrayal of a villain
Rating: 4.4 out of 5 for Entertainment / 5.7 out of 10 for poor writing and costume design
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