{"id":1265459,"date":"2020-02-05T18:24:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8ce250469d.nxcli.io\/?p=1265459"},"modified":"2020-08-23T01:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T00:55:43","slug":"birds-of-prey-and-the-fantabulous-emancipation-of-one-harley-quinn-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment-focus.com\/2020\/02\/05\/birds-of-prey-and-the-fantabulous-emancipation-of-one-harley-quinn-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Birds of Prey, or to use its full title of Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is a gloriously chaotic piece of fun. I had feared the worst going into this but director Cathy Yan and writer Christina Hodson (who impressed last year with the popcorn pleaser Bumblebee<\/a>) has conjured up a vibrant and energetic movie full of colour and style. All brought together by Margot Robbie\u2019s strong performance, Birds of Prey continues DC\u2019s movie slate and manages to make a picture of pop culture that suitably entertains throughout.<\/p>\n

After the events of Suicide Squad<\/a> (which incidentally you don\u2019t need to have seen to enjoy this film), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) begins the story by recapping the major points in her colourful origin story, and more importantly, the break-up of her relationship with the Joker. Spiralling out of control, Harley finds herself on the wrong side of crime kingpin Black Mask aka Roman Sionis (Ewan McGregor). Tasked with tracking down a missing diamond to save her own skin, Harley\u2019s new mission gets her involved with the likes of dogged GCPD detective Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez), a mysterious assassin named Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), lounge singer Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and pint-sized pick-pocket Cassandra Cain (Ella Jay Basco).<\/p>\n