“Birds of Prey” and the Fantabulous Emancipation from the DCEU
Birds of Prey has some of the best stunt work and choreography of 2020, and was the most fun I’d had in an action film since John Wick 3.

Vihaan and Isleen stumble into each other a week after graduation — they are the only ones still left on campus. With secrets to tell and stories to share, they decide to spend their last day searching for the mythical ghost of Dr Chatterjee. The Professor died ten years ago, leaving behind his own marked-up books for the library. What answers will they reveal? And why spend their last day asking questions of a ghost's footnotes anyway?
Birds of Prey has some of the best stunt work and choreography of 2020, and was the most fun I’d had in an action film since John Wick 3.
Spoiler Warning
An attempt to capture nostalgia that unfortunately just doesn’t work
The plot could’ve really been interesting if the elements of lycanthropy was integrated with perhaps the struggle of identity of being LGBTQ+. It's an experience for so many that as they’re starting to realizing their true selves, they feel like a monster, especially if they come from unsupportive homes or communities. Instead, the horror and transformation elements seem thrown in without contemplation of how this could deepen the narrative.
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