Suicide Squad receives a PG-13 rating

After the financial — if not critical — success of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”, all eyes turn to the next DC Comics venture, “Suicide Squad”, which yesterday officially received its PG-13 rating from the MPAA. The rating reflects the film's “sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behaviour, suggestive content and language.”

The PG-13 rating comes as no surprise. Despite some fans' wishes to see the anti-heroes unrestrained by boundaries of age-appropriate conduct, director David Ayer had previously stated in an interview with MTV that an R-rating was never in the cards. Ayer did give some hope to fans who want to one day see the Squad run wild, telling MTV he would consider lobbying for an R-rating for a sequel.

A case for a less-restrictive “Suicide Squad” would no doubt point to the success of Marvel's Deadpool, which became the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time earlier this year, winning over fans and critics with its over-the-top violence, jokey sex scenes, and inappropriate language. Producer Simon Kinberg then announced that “Wolverine 3” will aim for an R-rating, a decision likely to cheer hardcore fans given the mutant's violent and aggressive reputation. Back in the DC Universe, Zack Snyder will be unveiling his R-rated cut of “Batman v Superman” on home video later this month.

Kind of like the 'Anti-Avengers', “Suicide Squad” brings several classic DC supervillains together for an unlikely role reversal as crime-fighters. Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Jared Leto, Cara Delevingne, Jai Courtney, and Joel Kinnaman star.

Reported early screenings of the PG-13 cut of “Suicide Squad” have led to mostly positive fan reactions circulating online, always to be taken with a grain of salt. 

The film comes to theatres on August 5. 

Source: Yahoo Movies