ANI-MOVIES, *Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay

Set in the same universe of animated films as part of DC Universe's post-Flashpoint franchise, this is the first movie to introduce the Suicide Squad to that continuity. There was one of them set in the Batman: Arkham video game timeline, but Hell To Pay features the first time alot of these characters have been part of the "New 52" reboot, which works as alot of the characters from Assault On Arkjam were killed off in that storyline. One thing that separates this from the other films, it's the first "villains only" comic book movie!

Amanda Waller collects Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Copperhead, Captain Boomerang, Bronze Tiger, and Killer Frost as Task Force X(super villains forced to do covert-ops for the U.S. government)to find a special card. Sent out incognito in a Winnebago, they track down the last known owner of the card, Steel Maxium, a male stripper who previously held the title of Dr. Fate, but was fired by letting a pair of bad girls make off with the card. The card itself is a "get out of Hell" card that allows its bearer a free pass to Heaven when they die, which was stolen by ex-Female Fury Knockout, and Scandal Savage working for her immortal father Vandal. The deadly duo then abducts Professor Pig to surgically implant the card inside Vandal's chest. Meanwhile, another baddie brigade made of Professor Zoom, Silver Banshee, and Blockbuster are also after the card, Zoom especially because he's still aching from the massive migraine that Flashpoint Batman gave him when he shot him in the head. The final clash has alot of villains biting the dust, and only one of them actually getting to use the card in the end.

This film seriously cleared the decks of DC villains, even more than Batman: Bad Blood did! Even though there's still numerous other bad guys to fill the quote for future DC Universe entries, but a good portion of who normally make up the Secret Society/Legion of Doom got flatlined in this. The animation is up the normal specs of quality, but considering this entry was Rated-R, the gore factor was jacked up to about 9.1, plus a bunch more swearing. Hell To Pay was said to have more of a Grindhouse vibe to it, which DC did a way better job with DC Showcase: The Spectre. The dub is passable with Christian Slater doing a bang-up job as Deadshot, and Tara Strong returning as Harley Quinn. Batman: Assault On Arkham was a better adaptation of Suicide Squad if your looking for something of them in animation, but this one is still worth a watch.