Peacemaker (2022)
The continuing story of Peacemaker, a vainglorious superhero/supervillain who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill. After a miraculous recovery from his duel with Bloodsport, Peacemaker soon discovers that his freedom comes at a price.
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…making Peacemaker one of the most adult superhero shows you’ve ever seen, even when compared to The Boys…
If you like The Boys on Prime Video, then you should adore Peacemaker. Personally, I think this DC series has more heart than The Boys, while being just as wild.
It’s up there as one of the best adult superhero series of this age, alongside Harley Quinn, The Boys, and Invincible.
This time, the character dispatching his foes with John Wick-like efficiency is Eagly…
Chris goes part John McClane/part John Wick/part Terminator on the terrorists…
Peacemaker belongs to a category of comic book series like Doom Patrol, Loki, and WandaVision that truly transcend the brand…
We’re a little skeptical about the universes crossing over each other, but it did work for Loki.
Much like when Doctor Who did it, there’s still value in a blunt and straightforward metaphor…
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On Snyder, rather than any one film
…the misanthropy of Zack Snyder’s vision for the DC Universe…
The rowdy action and raunchy humor seem wired in from Gunn’s two takes on “Guardians of the Galaxy.”
It has that same flavour that really elevated Gunn’s Guardians Of The Galaxy movies and made them feel more than just superheroes in space fighting CGI characters.
Gunn has already made his mark in the superhero space with the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy over at Marvel Studios (our reviews on Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3), along with The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker for the previous DC regime.
James Gunn, writer/director of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, and now Superman gets it.
…the breezy, quippy tone familiar from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Suicide Squad, and Peacemaker (the latter two his previous live-action ventures into the DC world)…
If Guardians was the mixtape, Peacemaker is the bootleg live show…
Peacemaker channels the energy that Gunn had with his original superhero movie, Super.
…the moment of the other Peacemaker’s death felt similar to Rick Flag Jr’s death in The Suicide Squad…
Despite Rick Flag’s sneering, dying appraisal that Peacemaker is “a joke” — a moment from The Suicide Squad that Peacemaker’s second season has referenced over and over again…
"The Suicide Squad," and "Peacemaker."
Gunn, who brought anarchic energy to “The Suicide Squad” and “Peacemaker,” injects a similar sense of play here…
When James Gunn’s rude and riotous The Suicide Squad hit our screens, John Cena’s Peacemaker stood out…
It was a direct spinoff of The Suicide Squad (2021), and it delivered an iconic James Gunn trademark mix of absurd humor, brutal violence, and heart.
It’s very easy to see the same energy of Peter Quill learning the truth of his mother’s death in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, pulling him out of a similar pipeline.
Adebayo (Danielle Brooks) outed her mom (Viola Davis), who put together the Suicide Squad, as the mastermind behind all sorts of sorted affairs.
Gunn, who scripted this entire season, even drops a reference to Cara Delevingne’s June, AKA the Enchantress, from the first Suicide Squad movie.
The character had already taken most of us by surprise with John Cena’s comedy chops in Suicide Squad.
…there was Man of Steel, The Flash, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, Justice League (both versions), Shazam!, mediocre films that frustrated audiences…
…the neighborhood devolves into an Invasion of the Body Snatchers situation as they’re chasing her down the street…
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Chris goes part John McClane/part John Wick/part Terminator on the terrorists…
I count no fewer than two scenes that feel like a nod to the Terminator franchise’s iconic “Come with me if you want to live” runner — an especially apt reference due to the presence of Terminator 2: Judgment Day star Robert Patrick.
Gunn has shown tremendous restraint in two seasons so working in a Terminator line delivered by Robert Patrick felt fitting.
…the Moonlighting-style will they/won’t they plot finally comes to a cathartic place here…