While 20th Century Fox is striding into R-rated superhero territory thanks to “Deadpool” and next year’s “Wolverine 3,” the rest of Hollywood is being a bit more cautious. Warner Bros. is keeping that rating to their home video releases, such as the animated “Batman: The Killing Joke” and the extended cut of “Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice,” and they already made it clear this spring that for all its irreverence, “Suicide Squad” would be going out with a PG-13 rating.
But in case you had any doubt, the official MPAA rating has been revealed, and yes, “Suicide Squad” is PG-13 for “sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language.” Or, in other words, for being a four-quadrant superhero movie.
Whether or not there’s some kind of more illicit cut waiting to be released on home video, we’ll have to wait and see, but it’s worth noting that even the longer version of ‘Dawn Of Justice’ only nabbed an R-rating because of some extra intense moments of violence. It’s not like Snyder was sitting on scenes filled with nudity that he couldn’t put into the movie. Blockbusters generally decide the audience they’re going for before a frame is shot, so while director David Ayer might have some extra action beats or maybe even scenes with swear words sitting around the editing bay, even if there is an extended cut of “Suicide Squad,” don’t expect anything too far beyond the theatrical experience.
“Suicide Squad” opens on August 5th. [EW]
