Studio: Warner / HBO
Release Date: November 22, 2022
Rating: R
Film: 4/5
Plot Peacemaker explores the continuing story of the character that series star John Cena reprises in the aftermath of executive producer, writer and director James Gunn's 2021 DC film
The Suicide Squad - a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it! Delving into current world issues through the lens of Super Hero/Super-Villain/world's biggest douchebag, the series extends the world created for
The Suicide Squad while bringing to life the soul and wit of Peacemaker and the team.
My ThoughtsJames Gunn’s career was on life support in 2018 when he got caught up in the #MeToo movement due to some offensive Tweets from earlier in his career around child pornography and rape. Unlike many other public figures, Gunn somehow escaped the ad PR and was hired to write and direct the Suicide Squad movie, was signed on to write/direct
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and is now the head of the DC Universe at the new reorganized Warner Brothers. Talk about the Phoenix rising from the dead!
Gunn wrote all eight episodes of
Peacemaker and directed five, including the first, and I ended up enjoying the first season a lot more than I thought I would. Frankly, I’ve become a bit bored with the whole comic book genre but somehow this show sucked me in. While I’m not a huge Cena fan, he’s perfect for this role and he actually has the acting chops to carry the series. This is mostly due to phenomenal writing from Gunn and the casting choices for the supporting players is spot on.
This show is not meant for kids, similar to Deadpool, the humor is pretty low-brow and at time crude. Furthermore, Peacemaker’s father, portrayed by Robert Patrick, is about as unlikeable as they come an is an unapologetic racist and abuses his son with both his words and actions at every opportunity. That being said, when the two share the screen together, you can expect plenty of verbal fireworks that will make you both cringe and laugh at the same time. Similar to
The Boys, this show pushes the boundaries to the edge (and sometimes moves them a bit wider).
While the show is very entertaining, the A/V quality is reference from beginning to end. It helps that the show was shot in 4K with Arri Alexa Mini cameras, which begs the question, why no 4K release? Details are off the charts and the color palette ranges from very realistic and lifelike to otherworldly when the primary colors leap off the screen. Not to be outdone is the DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack, which features plenty of LFE—which I love—and plenty of action in all of the other speakers as well.
Video 5/5 (AVC)
Audio 5/5 (DTS-HD MA 5.1)
Special Features: - Making the World Safe for Violence: Peacemaker's Team (Exclusive for Blu-ray and DVD)
- Bad Daddy Issues: Peacemakers Search for Inner Peace (Exclusive for Blu-ray and DVD)
- Gag Reel (Exclusive for Blu-ray and DVD)
- Peacemaker: Under the Helmet
- Project Butterfly Team Member
- Peacemaker
- Adebayo
- Harcourt
- John Economos
- Vigilante
- Murn
- Eagly
- On Set with Steve Agee
- Dramatic Comic Book Readings with Chukwudi Iwuji
- Unlocking the Quantum Unfolding Storage Area
- Peacemaker and Vigilante: BFFs
- So, What Do You Really Think of Peacemaker?
- Danielle Brooks Explains the DC Universe
- Keep the Tweets
- Dance for Peace
- How to Properly Give a F*ck
Conclusion The show was greenlit for a second season, so it must have had a lot of viewers on HBO Max and I’m sure DC fans will flock to pick up the Blu-ray. I was on the fence about requesting this one wondering if I wanted to invest eight hours to sit through the eight first season episodes, but I’m glad I did. In fact, I’m looking forward to season 2 being released about this time next year. Recommended for comic book fans or for those who aren’t offended by low-brow humor.
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