Birds of Prey: Is it worth watching?

Adventure Movies
December 12, 2020

The 2020 American superhero film Birds of Prey was about the character Harley Quinn from the DC universe. It is the eighth film from the DC extended universe, and the film was a follow up from the suicide squad. Cathy Yan directed the film, and Christina Hodson wrote it. The film has a star cast of Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Ella Jay Bosco, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ewan McGregor, and many other popular actors. It follows the story of Harley Quinn, who joins forces with Dinah Lance, Renee Montoya, and Helena Bertinelli to save Cassandra Cain from the crime lord of Gotham city Black Mask.

The plot of the movie

After the defeat, Joker breaks up with Harley Quinn and throw her out on the street of Gotham City. She is taken by Doc, who is the owner of a Taiwanese restaurant. Harley Quinn tries to recover from her relationship by cutting her hair and adopt of spotted hyena. One night when she gets drunk, she crippled the driver of Roman Sionis after he insulted her. Dinah Lance tries to help Harley Quinn by stopping her abduction. When Roman sees it, then he gets impressed by Dinah’s Skills and tries to appoint her as his new driver. The GCPD Detective Renee Montoya investigator series of mob killings, which is carried out by a Crossbow wielding vigilante. He finds Harley’s necklace at the scene of the chemical explosion and notices that she might be in danger without the protection of Joker. Harley tries to approach Dinah to tell her that she can become an informant on Roman, but she immediately gets rejected by Dinah for her offer.

The cast of Harley Quinn movie

One of the reasons why Birds of Prey was so popular before its release was because of its famous star cast. It has some of the most popular actors that makes the film more interesting for the viewers.

  • Margot Robbie as Harleen Quinzel / Harley Quinn

  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Helena Bertinelli / The Huntress

  • Gurnee Smollett-Bell as Dinah Lance / Black Canary

  • Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya

  • Chris Messina as Victor Zsasz

  • Ella Jay Basco as Cassandra Cain

  • Ali Wong as Ellen Yee

  • Ewan McGregor as Roman Sionis / Black Mask

Direction, run time and other essential details

Cathy Yan directed the Harley Quinn movie, and it was released on February 7, 2020. It has a running time of 109 minutes. There were a lot of expectations from the film that is released in many countries. The international release was after the mega-success of superhero movies in multiple countries.

The budget of the movie

The budget of the Harley Quinn movie was $82–100 million, and the film collected $201.9 million at the Box office. So it can be set the movie performed well as for the budget, but the film was not the hit. It is because the film has a big star cast and the backing from the DC universe, which is one of the biggest superhero universes. So a lot of expectations were with the film, which was not fulfilled.

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