Birds of Prey

                         Already broke my new year’s resolution in getting these reviews out quicker. My PlayStation four calls to me as I am typing this right now.  But I going to resist the temptation and talk about Birds of Prey. Got to say as a comic book fan my expectations were kind of low there was no Batgirl going into this and Warner Brothers have a history of never giving us the charters we want to see on screen.  But maybe it was my low expectations, but his movie wasn’t that bad. Now I will put the warnings here I probably won’t see it again and it’s no worth a movie ticket. It was fun seeing Ewan McGregor chewing up the scenery in every scene he is in.
                         Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) has finally decided to quit the Joker. Though when it comes to being the love of an insane clown, attention does come faster in Gotham. Especially pissing off a gangster known as Black Mask (Ewan McGregor). Now Quinn and a few reluctant screw ups must work together to put a stop to Black Mask.
                        Now I got to give it to Margot Robbie, she gives a very good performance channeling Arleen Sorkin from the batman animated series.  Her supporting cast does a good job with my favorite being Rosie Perez and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. What’s good in this movie is to me the girls have great chemistry on screen. Chris Messina the best part of the movie devil plays a good Victor Zasaz. What’s bad is the action is lacking in lots of ways with lots of quick cuts that you never really see. For example, being Harley takes up roller derby at the beginning you see maybe a min of what might have been a good action sequence. Also, the R rating wasn’t really taken advantage of theirs blood they say the f-word quite a few times otherwise that’s it.  It’s a letdown because the dialogue is lacking a bit and you can take any kids under the age of 15. Really if you’re a comic book fan this movie will fall flat in that they don’t really use the new charters very well.  Ewan McGregor while doing a good job is still a little wasted. What is sad is James Gunn will probably use Margot Robbie better than this movie did. So, in closing, this is probably not a movie you need to see in the theaters or buy on Blu-Ray and 4K.  If you have a Netflix subscription or show time and the kids are in bed, it’s worth a watch, that way but really I wouldn't want to flush a twenty dollar bill down the bathroom stall. All and all, when it comes to these DC heroes always half ass when it comes to going to the theater.