'Suicide Squad' Gets a PG-13 for "Disturbing Behavior"
But the MPAA's description for August's 'Suicide Squad' sounds like my kind of movie.
Even though they’re supposed to be the “worst heroes ever,” Warner Bros. and DC’s Suicide Squad has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for “sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, and suggestive content and language.” Sounds fun!
The safer, broader PG-13 rating was what director David Ayer aimed for with Suicide Squad. At CinemaCon in April, Ayer expressed that when making an R-rated film, “you have to decide to do it right out the gate, and that was never the case here.”
“We were always going to hit the PG-13 rating,” he said. “But the film is meant to be that. It’s got edge, and it’s got attitude. And it’s got its own voice … There’s a lot in the film that’s going to surprise people.”
The majority of superhero movies are rated PG-13, from the The Dark Knight to the clearly-still-for-kids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows. But after the success of Deadpool, R-rated superhero movies suddenly looked enticing to studios. Though the timing was purely coincidence, the home release of Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was given an R-rating.
Suicide Squad will arrive in theaters August 5. It stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, and Jared Leto.
