{"id":266053,"date":"2025-10-08T18:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/new-suicide-squad-trailer-shows-bloodsports-backstory\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:15:40","slug":"new-suicide-squad-trailer-shows-bloodsports-backstory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-suicide-squad-trailer-shows-bloodsports-backstory\/","title":{"rendered":"New Suicide Squad Trailer Shows Bloodsport\u2019s Backstory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/new-suicide-squad-trailer-shows-bloodsports-backstory.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"416\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>James Gunn\u2019s <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2021\/03\/26\/the-first-trailer-for-james-gunns-the-suicide-squad-looks-all-sorts-of\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Suicide Squad<\/a> <\/em>is slated to be a three-way mix of hilarity, ridiculousness, and intense (likely graphic) action. Previous cinematics have given us fun glimpses at the movie\u2019s irreverent jokes and completely destructible set pieces, but a new trailer gives us a bit more background into Idris Elba\u2019s role: Bloodsport, the leader of the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2021\/06\/23\/new-suicide-squad-trailer-shows-bloodsports-backstory\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Real name: Robert DuBois, Bloodsport is sent to jail for hospitalizing Superman after shooting him with a Kryptonite-laced bullet. Amanda Waller, the director of A.R.G.U.S., recruits Bloodsport by leveraging his daughter\u2019s court date. As you can guess, this angers the ex-mercenary, but he soon joins The Suicide Squad to help save the world nevertheless. You can watch the trailer above. <em>The Suicide Squad\u2019s<\/em> synopsis reads as follows:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <span><span>Welcome to hell\u2014a.k.a. Belle Reve, the prison with the highest mortality rate in the US of A. Where the worst Super-Villains are kept and where they will do anything to get out\u2014even join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X. Today&#8217;s do-or-die assignment? Assemble a collection of cons, including Bloodsport, Peacemaker, Captain Boomerang, Ratcatcher 2, Savant, King Shark, Blackguard, Javelin and everyone&#8217;s favorite psycho, Harley Quinn. Then arm them heavily and drop them (literally) on the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.<\/span><\/span> <span><span>Trekking through a jungle teeming with militant adversaries and guerrilla forces at every turn, the Squad is on a search-and-destroy mission with only Colonel Rick Flag on the ground to make them behave&#8230;and Amanda Waller&#8217;s government techies in their ears, tracking their every movement. And as always, one wrong move and they&#8217;re dead (whether at the hands of their opponents, a teammate, or Waller herself). If anyone&#8217;s laying down bets, the smart money is against them\u2014all of them.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>The Suicide Squad<\/span><\/span><span><span> comes packed with an all-star cast including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, John Cena as Peacemaker, Sylvester Stallone as King Shark (among many other returning faces from David Ayer\u2019s 2016 <\/span><\/span><span><span>Suicide Squad<\/span><\/span><span><span> adaptation). The movie releases worldwide on August 6.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span><span>There&#8217;s also an upcoming Suicide Squad-inspired video game that was revealed last year. You can learn more about it and watch the trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2020\/08\/22\/suicide-squad-kill-the-justice-league-debuts-in-stunning-trailer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/gamer-culture\/2021\/06\/23\/new-suicide-squad-trailer-shows-bloodsports-backstory\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Gunn\u2019s The Suicide Squad is slated to be a three-way mix of hilarity, ridiculousness, and intense (likely graphic) action. Previous cinematics have given us fun glimpses at the movie\u2019s irreverent jokes and completely destructible set pieces, but a new trailer gives us a bit more background into Idris Elba\u2019s role: Bloodsport, the leader of the team.\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media Real name: Robert DuBois, Bloodsport is sent to jail for hospitalizing Superman after shooting him with a Kryptonite-laced bullet. Amanda Waller, the director of A.R.G.U.S., recruits Bloodsport by leveraging his daughter\u2019s court date. As you can guess, this angers the ex-mercenary, but he soon joins The Suicide Squad to help save the world nevertheless. You can watch the trailer above. 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