Birds of Prey : Movie Review
Birds of Prey, directed by Cathy Yan, is the 8th
installment in the Dc extended universe. The stars Margot Robbie in the lead.
The movie was announced in 2016, the filming of the movie happened in 2019 and released
on 2020. The movie also features stars like; Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee
Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris Messina, Ellay Jay Basco, Ali Wong and Ewan
Mc Gregor.
The script is done by Christina Hodson, Cinematography by
Mathew Libatique and Edited by Jay Cassidy and Evan Schiff. Produced by Dc
Films, Lucky Chap Entertainment and Kroll & Co. Entertainment.
The filmed was produced on a budget of 100 million dollar
and collected 201 million worldwide.
Plot:
Thrown away by Joker, Harley Quinn is back in Gotham city by
her own. The label of Joker’s girl away gave the immunity that she enjoyed, as no
one bother to touch her, but as the label started to burden her emotions. She
burst out the truth to the world by destroying ‘Ace Chemicals’, the place she
fell in love with Joker. The news wiped the Gotham city like a wild fire, made
every other criminal in Gotham to take revenge on Harley; for what she had done to them
in the past.
Verdict:
Given the predictive story, which had nothing much to offer;
makes the character of Harley to do the heavy lifting to carry the whole movie
by herself.
We happen to see a different Harley with lot of emotions,
which is least expected. The only entertaining part of the movie is the fight
that Harley does to rescue the child from the prison, other than that; everything
fell flat, which make the movie less entertaining than ever. Given the
limelight that character had from the first film, the producers could have made
a better film, if much time was given for the plot development.
Rating 2/5
