James Gunn Pokes Fun At The Suicide Squad Age Rating Complaint Report
Director James Gunn has poked fun at age rating complaint reports relating to his DCEU movie, The Suicide Squad. While not every franchise in the DCEU has received sequels, Suicide Squad is one of the few that moved forward. Following David Ayer's critically-panned Suicide Squad in 2016, Gunn was tasked with contining the franchise with The Suicide Squad. While not a straight reimagining, The Suicide Squad serves as a soft reboot of Ayer's film, continuing with characters like Viola Davis' Amanda Waller and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.
The Suicide Squad followed Task Force X taking on a new threat, with the story taking place mainly in Corto Maltese. The DCEU project saw the live-action debut of the Justice League villain, Starro the Conqueror. Gunn's version of The Suicide Squad also expanded the DCEU with new players like Peacemaker, with John Cena's character going on to star in his own HBO Max spinoff series. One of the things that made The Suicide Squad stand out was that it became one of Warner Bros.' few R-rated DC movies, and was characterized by extreme violence, gore and strong language.
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While many were in favor of The Suicide Squad's adult rating in the US, not everyone globally was pleased. A recent report from Yahoo Entertainment stated that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) received complaints about the DCEU project receiving a «15» rating in the United Kingdom, reportedly due to the rating not being high enough for The Suicide Squad's content. Gunn poked fun at the report of The Suicide Squad receiving «the most complaints to the BBFC in 2021» on Twitter, pointing out that the BBFC has only logged 10
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