There were a lot of problems with the first one Suicide Squad, but his rating certainly didn’t help. Here’s a movie about a team of deadly (in some cases psychotic) supervillains forced to take on a suicide mission on behalf of the government; if they disobey orders, the government blows their heads off. If they fail, they die. And it was noted … PG-13.

Suicide Squad is not a PG-13 rated concept. But hey, gigantic blockbusters are meant to be aimed at gigantic audiences, which means they have to be made acceptable to viewers of almost all ages. Suicide SquadPG-13 was a pretty good wrap-up of the film as a whole – with the studio forcing the film to tick some boxes it felt it needed in a great DC superhero movie, rather than making the best and most version. possible faithful of the comic book possible.

We won’t know for a while if what happens next The suicide squad, turned out better. But we already know that this time, Warner Bros. let writer / director James Gunn do a more adult-oriented picture. The film received its MPAA rating and it officially received an R for “loud and gory violence, language everywhere, some sexual references, drug use, and brief graphic nudity.” In short and graphic nudity, you say? Good then.

For the sake of Comparison, the MPAA noted the first Suicide Squad 2016 film PG-13 for “sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language”. So the new one has “strong” violence as opposed to just simple “sequences” of violence, plus drug use, sexual references, and that hell of a graphic nudity.

You know how you know The suicide squad going to be darker and sharper than the original? It’s a official Publicity photo of the film, available on the Warner Bros. news site:

They are The advertisement this movie with a photo of a male shark eating a person. You sort of to have be rated R at this stage. “Hey kids! Get your parents’ permission, then head down to watch the shark guy swallow men whole! is a questionable sales pitch. The suicide squad premieres in theaters and on HBO Max on August 6, 2021.