Black Canary, with her high-kicking fighting style (in tight pants!) and her sonic scream. Former child actress Junree Smollett-Bell makes a solid impression as the Dinah Lance, a.k.a. It was great to see '90s actress Rosie Perez (so funny as "Jeopardy!" wannabe Gloria in "White Men Can't Jump") again as the frustrated cop Renee Montoya. She also displayed her athletic skills in bump and brawl scenes of roller derby, as well as those acrobatically-choreographed fight scenes with her favorite weapons of bat and mallet. Quinn was a ruthless and dangerous lunatic yes, but she was also given to weird quirks like having a spotted hyena as a pet and talking to her stuffed beaver, and Robbie looked like she was having a lot of fun playing this distinctive character. Margot Robbie was truly the star of this film with a smashing performance again as the inimitable Harley Quinn. ![]() Meanwhile, teenage pickpocket Cassandra Cain gained possession of a multi-million dollar diamond owned by crime lord Roman Sionis aka Black Mask (Ewan McGregor), so all sorts of characters were going after her.Īside from Quinn, also at Cain's heels were: Sionis's driver and star singer at his nightclub Dinah Lance and under-appreciated GCPD detective Renee Montoya, who was also investigating a hooded woman who was going around town using a crossbow to kill gangsters. Harley Quinn was unceremoniously dumped by the Joker, and she formally announced it to the world by blowing up the Ace Chemicals factory where she became his girlfriend. This new film is remarkable for having a female (and Asian) director (Cathy Yan), a female screen writer (Christina Hodson), and an all-female kick-ass ensemble lead cast. ![]() ![]() I thought of myself as a DC fan, but apart from Harley Quinn and Dinah Lance, I only discovered the other characters here. The full title of this DC Extended Universe movie is actually "Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)." It is a sequel and spin-off to the critically-panned "Suicide Squad" (2016), where the character of Harley Quinn (as portrayed by Margot Robbie) was the most memorable. Margot Robbie returns as Harley Quinn in 'Birds of Prey.' Handout
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