The Suicide Squad may need primarily pressed the reset button on its supervillain franchise, but it surely continues within the footsteps of the primary movie by having a post-credits scene. Fortunately, writer-director James Gunn hasn’t given in to his excesses right here although — not like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, which had 5 scenes through the credit, The Suicide Squad has only one. Or two, relying on the way you take a look at it — the primary one seems like part of the movie’s true ending, however your mileage would possibly differ. They do have one thing in frequent although, with folks getting back from (presumed) dying on each counts. Let’s dive into The Suicide Squad post-credit scene.
Warning: spoilers forward for The Suicide Squad. Proceed at your personal danger.
The Suicide Squad ending, defined
In Gunn’s new DC film, Activity Power X’s massive new mission takes them to a fictional island known as Corto Maltese, the place the brand new gang finally study that the US authorities made a secret take care of the native dictator household to conduct scientific experiments in a Nazi-era laboratory tower. The topic? An alien starfish known as Starro who grew in measurement each time considered one of its mind-control spores hooked up itself to a human face. So when it is launched unintentionally 30 years later, Starro finally ends up killing everybody across the tower, earlier than happening a rampage by means of the town.
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Technically, Activity Power X has fulfilled its mission because it concerned retrieving a tough drive from the mainframe, thereby preserving America’s function secret to forestall worldwide outcry. However as they see Starro run riot by means of Corto Maltese, the remaining members of the brand new Suicide Squad — Bloodsport (Idris Elba), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), King Shark (voiced by Sylvester Stallone), Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian), and Ratcatcher 2 (Daniela Melchior) — determine to go towards mission directive and cease the large alien monster.
Daniela Melchior as Ratcatcher 2, Idris Elba as Bloodsport in The Suicide Squad
Picture Credit score: DC Comics/Warner Bros.
Polka-Dot Man is killed within the course of, however Ratcatcher 2 saves the day by summoning all of Corto Maltese’s rats and setting them on Starro. In the meantime, Harley makes use of a javelin and stabs the creature in its large eye. With Starro lifeless, Bloodsport makes use of the onerous drive as leverage to free the crew from Activity Power X boss Amanda Waller (Viola Davis). If she detonates the bombs in any considered one of their heads, the info from the onerous drive will probably be leaked to the worldwide press by way of a publicly-available on-line folder. Waller accepts the deal, and ferries them out of Corto Maltese on a helicopter.
As they fly away, Ratcatcher 2 leans on her new pal King Shark, Harley smiles to herself, and Bloodsport lastly overcomes his concern of rats, stroking Ratcatcher 2’s pet rat Sebastian. The Suicide Squad cuts to a title card however that is not the top of the movie. Proper after the title card, we lower to Weasel who had been presumed lifeless by drowning initially of the film. However he made it, it appears, as he coughs up water after which involves his senses. Getting up, Weasel then runs in the direction of the Corto Maltese jungle on what appears like the identical evening as his dying. I am guessing he bought misplaced within the jungle.
The Suicide Squad post-credits scene, defined
After all of the credit have rolled and we finish on one other title card, The Suicide Squad jumps to a hospital the place two of Waller’s aides, John Economos (Steve Agee) and Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), are with a feminine physician. She explains that they discovered the affected person within the rubble and have been shocked to find that his coronary heart was nonetheless beating. She wasn’t sure about transport him from Corto Maltese to the US, however she too has been stunned by his resilience. Who’s the affected person then? It is Peacemaker (John Cena), who has mysteriously survived a Bloodsport bullet (and tons of rubble).
“You realise that is revenge, proper? Waller is aware of we double crossed her, and she or he’s getting again at us by saddling us with this douchebag,” Economos says to Harcourt who nods. “I heard he was form of a hero down in Corto Maltese,” the physician provides, just for Economos to strongly disagree. The physician wonders what they need him for, and Harcourt replies: “Simply to save lots of the f–king world, that is all.”
John Cena as Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad post-credits scene
Picture Credit score: DC Comics/Warner Bros.
No, that is not a setup for the yet-to-be-confirmed The Suicide Squad 2 — or Suicide Squad 3, if we’re counting the primary movie — however somewhat a TV sequence that has already been unveiled. In September final 12 months, HBO Max introduced a Peacemaker spin-off sequence written and directed by Gunn, set to premiere in January 2022. And now that we all know he is nonetheless alive, Peacemaker couldn’t solely delve into his origins, as Gunn beforehand mentioned, but in addition discover his life after the occasions of The Suicide Squad. No matter this new “save-the-world” mission is.
The Suicide Squad is now taking part in in cinemas worldwide and on HBO Max within the US. In India, The Suicide Squad is out there in English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
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