Dinah is one of the most famous blondes in the DC Universe, while Cassandra Cain is a mute Eurasian ninja. PicturesĪ certain segment of the fandom will grumble that Birds of Prey's stars don't look like they do in the comics (see this dunked-on viral tweet for one example).

Margot Robbie returns as her world-famous 'Harley Quinn,' now Joker-free, in 'Birds of Prey.' Warner Bros. Together, they take on Black Mask (Ewan McGregor), a violent crime lord who needs the Bertinelli fortune to ensure his reign atop Gotham City's underworld. Harley teams up with disgruntled detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), misfit teenager Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco), butt-kicking club singer Dinah (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), and the vengeful Bertinelli heiress Helena (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). She soon finds herself tangled up in a hunt for a precious jewel that's the key to accessing the Bertinelli crime family fortune.Īfter a wobbly first act that feels like the product of reshoots, Birds of Prey takes a hard 180 when it shifts into a true 'getting the gang together' heist romp. Margot Robbie returns as villainess Harley Quinn, on the rebound from splitting with Joker (Jared Leto never shows up, which is probably for the best). In theaters Friday, director Cathy Yan's Birds of Prey jumps off from David Ayer's Suicide Squad. The early moments of Birds of Prey feel like a throwback to the era of Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad, which made it tempting to write it off. The first twenty minutes of Birds of Prey left me broken.įor a moment, I thought it was 2016 again, when DC Films batted below average.

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