Rick Flag vs Peacemaker | The Suicide Squad (2021)

Storyboard: Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker, and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
Director: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn
Stars: Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Idris Elba, John Cena (Peacemaker), Joel Kinnaman
Colonel (Rick Flag), Michael Rooker (Savant), Mayling Ng (Mongal),
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[Toganium]

“Peacemaker…what a joke.” Such a great line.

[David Kordesh]

He won that fight twice even though he died, basically.

[Brandon Gainer]

It played into the show too

[Scott Churchman]

@Brandon Gainer ya this movie really made me actually like Rick Flagg instead of him just being generic army man like in the first one

[Alpha Nerd]

@Scott Churchman He's a hypocrite and he's in the wrong here.

[haley hart]

Becomes even better when you realize Alan Moore originally intended for The Comedian to be Peacemaker in Watchmen

[Nate Vari]

I really like how Rick Flag’s words still stuck with Peacemaker in his own show

[Keelan Mcnally]

No it’s a sequel, they literally say that multiple times in the show? Did you even watch it? how can peacemaker have flashbacks to something that happened before he’s even done it? The series is set 5 months after the events of suicide squad 2, and it tells you this multiple times throughout.

[playboi.monke_]

​bop it's a sequel buddy, it's after the suicide Squad. You clearly didn't watch it

[Peter Frank]

I like how the two are wearing bright colored shirts like cartoon characters, but the fight itself is brutal and gritty. Intentional on Gunn's part, I'm certain.

[Worse Than Hitler pt. 2]

This part where Peacmaker is revealed to be a Bad Guy is the real payoff of the movie. The giant monster is just boring after this

[Peter Frank]

@Worse Than Hitler pt. 2 I think it serves as a nice bit of genre-busting - The movie started out as a war movie parody, before taking a turn into a kaiju movie near the end. It also served to fulfill the heroes' arcs, particularly Bloodsport's.

[Peter Frank]

@JT I was highlighting the contrast between the characters' appearances and the violence. Had they went with a wardrobe akin to the first movie, it wouldn't feel as impactful.

[JT]

@Peter Frank oh that makes more sense

[cicolas nage]

Yeah hun stick pretty close to the comics with these 2

[W C]

This was the movie that made me look at John Cena as a great actor. That face he gives when he has to kill Rick Flag who was establish is someone he respects and is one of the catalysts that would lead to his growth in his show.

[Mauz]

Cena and Batista are incredible actors from the wrestling background, love those guys

[ultrix soma]

I legit think Cena is way better than the Rock in acting. The guy is much more emotional and doesn't need to act tough all the time to look badass.

[LanceSennin]

​@ultrix soma Cena is in touch with his emotions way more because of how his character is in wrestling. Dwayne is always all about comedy or looking badass like his character in wrestling.

[Name55]

OH right, I almost forgot the actor is actual John China.

[Anodos Arcade]

That look he gives Bloodsport when he catches him about to shoot Ratcatcher…..

[justin williams]

I hated that they finally did Rick Flag right...and then killed my boy like that.

[Eric G.]

No one kills Rick Flag; he’s the guy that humanizes the Squad

[Aldyfa Raihan]

I hate that Rick died but i feel like he went out as a hero and it was a great sendoff to him

[Periit]

Same with captain boomerang

[Anthony Alvarez]

​@Periit no the fuck it wasn't for boomerang, too early for an og to die as a decoy 😞

[Periit]

@Anthony Alvarez I mean that he was one character who was good who died

[Nick Asaro]

I love that they made Rick Flag kind of the grounded Moral center of the team and then broke our hearts by killing him like this.

[Alpha Nerd]

He's one of the least moral members of the suicide squad.

[Cryo Sound]

@Alpha NerdOf the original shit movie maybe In this movie he's definetly the moral center

[Cryo Sound]

@dannytallmage2409 I'm sorry what part of his deal in the movie is the betrayal He wasn't even given all the details Once he found out the details he wanted justice for the fucked up things the government did The government is pretty unanimously not the good guys

[Jody Thomas]

Easily a top 3 DCEU film of the last decade for me personally. Loved the energy, the vibe, the characters. Miles ahead of the first Suicide Squad.

[Alpha Nerd]

Best DC movie this century.

[nikushim666]

That's not really saying much considering DC films generally suck. I like DC comic's but man, WB/DC Studios royally suck at making movies based off them.

[AK_Buckets]

​@nikushim666funny enough films like the dark knight trilogy, Joker And Even The Batman At Times which are films that are more based on other films are better for DC than the comic book based ones

[Eric Lazarus]

The 2 movies aren’t even comparable to one another lol

[Alpha Nerd]

@nikushim666 DC movies were pretty good in the 80's.

[Clerk With A Mouth]

As much as I loved the rivalry between Peacemaker and Bloodsport, this fight was the highlight of the movie. A battle of philosophy that neither man was willing to compromise that could only result in a fight to the death.

[Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]

🤓

[The Fan Boy]

Out of James Gunn’s entire directing career, this might be my favourite scene of his.

[Mudiame Tokunboh]

Huge w probs my fav cbm tied for it

[imGriff]

this a death scene done right. the consequences of flags death are traumatizing and carry over into the peacemaker show. i’m so sick of modern comic book movies playing it safe, like the new ant-man movie. the suicide squad was awesome because it didnt care who died, if it enhanced the plot, they went with it.

[milez]

Preach

[Toronto Wire]

That's why I prefer DC and when we had X men consequences >>>>> milking every character

[SOLDIER BOY]

Reminds me of last stand Logan was still haunted in The Wolverine (2013) when he killed Jean grey…her death brought Logan a lot of impact. Mcu is getting shitty now, look at Thor for example, he lost a lot of people and in the next film he seems fine… Waititi did him dirty

[Shadow Kid SE]

Exactly. I was pretty fuckin pissed off that Captain Boomerang died so early on but as the movie went on along with the many times I rewatched it but I realized that the beach massacre + Boomerang’s death is what set the tone for the whole movie. During this fight scene, I genuinely did not know who was going to win because Peacemaker was kicking Flag’s ass and I let my guard down assuming everything was going to be okay once I saw Rick Flag get the upper hand.

[Alpha Nerd]

What is safe about the new Ant-Man movie? It's morally ambiguous, recast a character, and is tonally different than the last two very successful Ant-Man movies.

[Ben J. Johnson]

0:38 Love the stylistic choice of having the fight be shown on the Helmet.

[Cam Nunes]

Could be some symbolism that this fight/Flags death will stay in Peacemakers head for a while

[MASTERKENOBI909]

I Loved That Shot

[saint nic cage]

Nightmare to film

[Black-Eyed Munn]

@Cam Nunes wow, nice observation

[Elias Rodriguez]

​@Cam Nuneswoah

[Vinícius Oliveira]

At this point I hated Peacemaker but then I watched the show and started loving him again 🤣

[big dionk]

He felt bad for killing Rick😢

[Ocean Man]

He felt bad at leadt

[Alpha Nerd]

@big dionk Rick was asking for it.

[msny104]

@Alpha Nerdfr

[Martin Lopez]

Damn man, compared to "The Rock", Cena's got great acting range! Loved this guy in this movie and in his show!

[God]

Cena doesn't take himself seriously, thats what makes him a great actor, The Rock is a little bit narcissistic all his characters have to be pure badasses.

[Tanis Ebonhart]

That's cuz the Rock doesn't want to hurt his "good guy" image. It's in his contract that he cannot be the villain anymore

[Abe Rizal]

john cena and batista are better actor than the rock.

[Neal]

What's funny is that if you remember The Rock and several other wrestlers appeared on an episode of SNL back in the late 90's or maybe even 2000? and The Rock was the stand out among them for displaying comedic timing and charisma and a willingness to do stuff for the bit and not taking himself too series. Fast forward 20+ years and yeah, like you said, he's pretty much the same character in everything now, and Cena and Batista do more actual acting than he does. Like, what happened?

[gor9027]

This sequel really improved on the 2016 version in nearly every way. Flag was a major improvement in particular.

[Tanis Ebonhart]

It's a reboot

[Alpha Nerd]

@Tanis Ebonhart It's a sequel. It refers to the last movie. The entire opening is resolving things from the last movie. The cast is the same.

[Snake Plisken]

​@Alpha Nerdsoft reboot

[Alpha Nerd]

@Snake Plisken No such thing.

[Chicago PAB]

Joel Kinnaman said that this scene really hurt because his character got bested by someone with a suit on that looks like he’s been hired for a child’s birthday party. 😂

[M T]

I love every part of this scene, from the fight choreography too the inner turmoil PM had with killing a man he admired. Finally, ricks line about peacemakers name being a joke. It’s really fleshed out more in the peacemaker show but honestly it was really well done.

[Shadow Kid SE]

What’s crazy is that Flag was the hero and Peacemaker was the villain but when Flag started to get the upper hand with the pipe, you saw the evil side of Rick Flag for once. It makes it even worse when Peacemaker actually feels bad for killing him right afterwards

[Alfred M. Hitchcock]

I would show an evil side too if you just tried to kill me to cover up unethical experimentation. He isn't being evil, he is furious.

[Austin Kahle]

​@alfredm.hitchcock8189 and rightfully so. Anyone with a conscience would be PISSED

[Yveltal Poderoso]

Trying to kill the person that tries to kill you it’s self defense

[Donald Pratt]

The truly evil move would have been to keep the reach advantage and just bash his head in on the floor.

[Brucetopher Wayne]

Damn man Flag is like the only dc movie character of the past 10 years I actually wanted more of

[the.abhiram.r]

hopefully he's in the waller tv show

[Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives]

Marry him

[Brucetopher Wayne]

@Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives how? He’s dead…

[joão gabriel 💚(amante de fhannys)]

​@Brucetopher Wayneyeah , cut through the heart , no way hes coming back from the grave.

[DyznySucks]

One thing to note is that Peacemaker is primarily wearing primary colours (Red, Blue, and Yellow) that often were associated with Good guys while the secondary colours (Green, Purple and Orange) were associated with bad guys so its nice to see a villain wearing colours that would associate him with good guys.

[Andrew Heaney]

Man, this fight was awesome. That helmet shot of the fight is amazing, and the fight itself is so raw and brutal. Shame about Flag dying, but at least it forwards the plot and affects Peacemaker psychologically later in his own show. On an unrelated note, Thinker's death is my favorite gore death in the entire movie! Thinker isn't a character I particularly care about, but man, that death is brutal and amazing!

[Puppy Puppington]

That inner cam heart stab is something of nightmares. Crap! Gives me goosebumps. Freakin awesome directing and choreography and cinematography.

[SerDownOfHouseBad]

If only he had someone like Katana watching his back, she could've cut him in half with one sword stroke like mowing the lawn. Too bad she wasnt there otherwise her sword would have trapped the soul of its victim

[Baul Foodman]

lol

[dakariszulu]

Can a sword trap the soul of someone it cannot see?

[SerDownOfHouseBad]

@dakariszulu I'm afraid thats a question for the philosophers, mate.

[videogamenostalgia]

Yeah and he also could have advised Peacemaker to not get killed by her

[Aldrei Alhambra]

she's too busy with the boys

[the.abhiram.r]

only james gunn can make you hate a character in one movie but then forgive them in their own spin-off

[Every Villain Is Lemons]

The way he struggles to say the last bit, "Because I'm thorough" was perfect acting

[Th3Cused1]

His lips quivering was an excellent touch as well

[trex advent]

What would have happened if Peacemaker and Rick Flag were on the same side and understood each other's point of view?

[Jose Galindo]

Waller would probably kill Rick flag… he already knew too much

[Mr Anatoly]

Thanos and Avengers are on same side 😀😀

[White King ?]

They will form another universe apart from MCU and DC

[Cam Nunes]

​@Jose Galindo that begs the question does he have a head bomb or does Waller gotta get someone else to do the dirty work

[Trent Willams]

Fight between Peacemaker and Flag is a hell of awesome fight scene. How they both can really put up a fight.

[Pablo Ruiz]

“Peacemaker. What a joke.” - Rick Flag RIP Rick Flag 😢 Dumbest way for Peacemaker to kill a leader and member of task force: Suicide Squad

[Pablo José Morales Idrovo]

Fun fact: Rick Flag would be the posthumous overarching protagonist of the TV series Peacemaker, because thanks to him the story of that series was created, the death of Rick Flag definitely has a great impact on Peacemaker. Give like to this comment if you’re agree.

[Extreme Toast]

@Pablo José Morales Idrovo I don't think you know what a 'posthumous overarching protagonist' is

[Pablo José Morales Idrovo]

@Extreme Toast What is really an overarching protagonist and an overarching antagonist? What I have understood about that is that overarching protagonist creates what happen to the main protagonist, and that overarching antagonist creates the conflict in the story, is the main reason why the main antagonist creates the plot, or the main reason why this villain is behind the plot.

[Daniel Hatake]

Rick was choking Peacemaker with the tube with the objetive to kill him, he practically killed Flag for survive. If he hadn't, he would have died instead of Rick In a situation like this, it's almost justified to kill, because everyone wants to live

[BastionUnity]

I love the detail of how towards the end of this scene, you can hear the sound of Bloodsport falling down

[Randil De Zoysa]

Rick Flag's last words hit so hard..

[Edward McPherson]

The scene that made me respect Cena as an actor.

[Rodrigo]

Even though he killed flag, in the end, it was touching to see that peacemaker had respect for him.😢

[dragonstormx]

It's interesting to look back at this after Peacemaker's show and see how haunted he was by it.

[Mister Dedlift]

I have never watched wrestling and only know John Cena from the China memes but I genuinely think his acting was fantastic in this movie.

[OMAR]

Dude killed everything he’s done legit actor conquered wrestling even had a hit rap album

[Simple3D]

Damn even when Rick was trying to choke him, after stabbing him, the face peacemaker makes as if he just killed his brother. He never intended on killing him and when he realized he did it hit him. He put on this act of I’ll do anything but deep down he realized the cost of anything meant killing your brothers in arms. That’s not a price he really wants. He’s able to shoot at dead shot without remorse because deadshot to him was a criminal, outlaw against his country. But Rick wasn’t. Rick was a brother in arms tell him he was conflicted with right and wrong. Deep down peacemaker didn’t want that to happen.

[Allen Nixon]

The look peacemaker made on his face he felt bad that he killed Rick Flag and it’s gonna haunt him forever.

[ChavaGonzalez97]

Now that The Flash will be a Reboot of everything, who knows, Rick Flag might return

[Ahamd Mohammed]

I hope so

[Devil's Lair Comics]

Highly unlikely

[YasirHussain]

It won't reboot everything Suicide Squad is still relevant In fact it will direct connect to Amanda Waller Series Which is part of new DCU

[milez]

@YasirHussain harley has 2 iterations from suicide squad and THE suicide squad so technically it can have a timeline reset from the flash which potentially restart all the characters stories

[Edits]

Inshallah

[Rainbow Snek]

never thought john china would actually make me laugh as much as he made me when watching the peacemaker show. like goddamn that was great.

[Ihashappiness]

I know he could have stabbed Peacemaker with the knife he pulled out of himself at the beginning, but damn was this a great scene.

[Skyler Fayo]

God killing Rick Flag broke my heart he was one of my favorites in both suicide squad films😢 Glad they're bringing his dad in the creature commando shows

[Jack F]

Flag died, but he won that fight. With 4 words, he did more damage than the entire fight before hand.

[King Bugs]

I can't believe people saw this scene and didn't think this character (Peacemaker) was redeemable with a modicum of exposition.

[Azyeon's Inconsistency]

I still remember the whole theater audibly gasping at this scene.

[Daniel]

I wish they didn’t kill Rick Flag. He was one of the most honorable and heroic one of the team. He wanted to do the right thing but Waller forced him to follow orders he knew were wrong and he ended up getting killed for his good intentions. Hopefully, he’ll be alive much longer in the new DCEU by James Gunn.

[Gavin Burke]

havent seen this since it first came out and noticing peacemakers face when he realizes he's killed Rick Flag it tracks better as I thght he was more villainous in this scene but actually seems to hate what he's done in the moment which further justifies his solo show IMO

[Spencer Burchart]

If only Katana were here, she always had his back. She could have cut Peacemaker in half with one sword stroke just like mowing the lawn. It would be inadvisable to get killed by her, her sword traps the souls of its victims.

[Wryme Hexin]

Serves you right Thinker and Peacemaker, he may become a antihero in the show later on but in this movie Peacemaker is undoubtedly an evil supervillain

[Keith Filibeck]

not a supervillain, a stooge, much more realistic, and with nothing to respect or admire even in a villainous way, like say, with Luthor, who is so over the top and "on his own" you have to admire how much he's willing to commit to his vision, but Peacemaker is just a soulless soldier in this.

[Jameshawk105]

After the first suicide squad seeing Rick die really bothered me. But after seeing the Peacemaker show I felt much better about his sacrifice

[Smartii3s]

2:17 the Mortal Kombat shot of the heart here is glorious

[Night5225]

Skarlet fatality.

[Joson]

YAY he’s there now

[Derethevil]

Only thing i don't like about it is the people themselves. Both were right and wrong. And i honestly even sided more with Peacemaker about it. Thinking emotional in such situations can lead to a lot more harm than you think you would actually achieve. Logic and rationality is important. Yeah Peacemaker wasn't completely right either, but from the two presented options, his was in my eyes the better one. NEITHER though are "bad" or evil. It's the trolley problem. You have to choose and neither options are really good options. You have to decide which is the lesser evil. And to top it off. You can see that Peacemaker regretted what he had to do right away. He hated it and he hates himself. Rick Flag might have done the same to achieve his goal. You do not know how far he would have gone to beat Peacemaker. So maybe eventually he would have decided to kill him too, since he can't stop him otherwise. And yes. Even killing her would have been rational, since she is a loose end. She could have tried to bring it to light as well and then it would have been even worse if you think of it. Peacemaker would have killed Rick Flag for nothing.

[Rui]

I thought Rick Flag was leading role， can't accept he just died like that

[Batman vs Joker]

0:38 the fight being reflected on the helmet is so f-ing cool

[Affan Jamsari]

It isn’t the death that scares me, it’s the fact that they did a close-up of his heart being stabbed.

[mercury]

If Flag kept swinging the pipe rather than mounting Peacemaker, he honestly would've won

[Nickoftime]

One of the reasons I'm unsure I want to watch the Peacemaker series is because of this scene. I understand he feels remorse later but I can't help but feel conflicted.😥

[BlueSilence]

Its a great show! I highly recommend it. Peacemaker really shows some development and depth.

[Alpha Nerd]

The Peacemaker series is hands down the best thing DC has done live action this century. It's as mature and serious as anything while being as colorful and silly as anything.

[Bridget Fitzgerald]

If only he had kept hitting him with the crowbar instead of a choke out.

[Griffin Kelly]

Flagg went from being one of the worst parts of a terrible movie the best part of an amazing sequel.

[Charles Gorman]

I absolutely love this movie with a passion. However, I will say that James Gunn having Rick Flag killed in this movie kind of pissed me off.

[hammertime]

Hopefully in the new reebot flag will return because this movie still based in the dceu not the dcu

[MASTERKENOBI909]

We Are Getting Richard Flag Senior By Frank Grillo in The DCU so

[Alpha Nerd]

@hammertime Not mutually exclusive.

[Balenxhie]

1:02 he tossed the shit out of Rick 💀

[frogman Sinclair]

When peacemaker was an actual badass

[Larendo]

“Holding a gun on me is pretty FUCKING personal”😂

[Grakniir]

Don't know if I'm overanalyzing, but I feel like the close up shot of Flag's heart being stabbed is meant to parallel the death of Enchantress, whose heart also had to be destroyed, and by him.

[sunny]

Dude peacemaker is a real super soldier

[Gavin Alcock]

Will forever hate peacemaker for killing Rick Flag 😂

[James Webb]

Killing Rick Flag really haunted Peacemaker…

[Vincent McManus]

This gets better if you think of it as Robocop vs Peacemaker

[trex advent]

What was that creature that killed the Thinker? Do you think we could have seen more of him in future projects in the DCEU or DCU?

[JosephDiEgidioIII]

Starro the Conqueror. I dunno

[Steph]

It's an alien species called Starro. There are more of them out in space

[AAA LLL]

If you look closely he actually survived

[Andrew Weddle]

Such a slept on movie and scene because it wasn’t MARVEL. Such a same. Fantastic scene.

[IAmQuirkless]

no it was slept on cus it released during August 2021 (covid was still somewhat big) and went straight to HBO max on release day. it should've been in theaters for atleast 1 month before going to HBO max, would've made more money

[Alpha Nerd]

@IAmQuirkless It was also a sequel to a mediocre movie.

[Player]

Rick Flag was awesome

[hieu nguyen]

this movie did the impossible, it makes Katana looks like an actually important character without her in the movie

[Green Arrow]

I can only imagine what Enchantress will do when she finds out who killed Flag 😂😂😂

[Kevin Lockhart]

Man I really want to see how flag and peacemaker fight starro with bloodsport and company. But peacemaker had to go rogue and flag had to die. Oh and also, rats freeze in their tracks when they see something super scary and dramatic, Cleo might've lived with rats for too long.

[Guy Shafor]

To be fair, rick tried to kill him first

[Craven M]

If only Katana had his back

[MDR cartoons]

love that we get to see the thinker get what he deserves by being ripped apart and splattered against a window 😊

[Theily]

I don’t think Flag really wanted to taste it.

[Slug99]

Remember children, while everyone else was looking to get time off their prison sentence Rick Flag was just clocking in for another monday.

[Atherum]

They didn’t actually kill Rick Flag he comes back in full force in the next movie

[Dat Boi]

Rick flag guy would be a good punisher I feel

[Jacobi Leoo]

peacemakers power makes him too overpowered like how did rick flag even stand a chance to fight an invisible guy

[MrGriff305]

Rick won. Horrible that Peacemaker killed him, but Rick was murderous first

[ExplosiveFetus]

The ceramic shard is shown going into his heart, which I'm sure they can use as an asspull and bring him back because it plugged the wound and he didnt bleed out.

[Alpha Nerd]

It didn't plug anything. Blood is flying out at every beat.

[Maia Nikaido]

That scene was the starting point for the tv show Peacemaker. And... why he have to Kill Rick Flag? I was beginning to sympatize with Joel Kinnaman's character. Puro pinche Cena.

[Shiki]

He should have just kept passing him with the pipe instead of going for the choke :’(

[CrniWuk]

That, was the origin story of Jokemaker.

[ۦ]

Flag was the man!

[YungOzAI]

Dude, Peacemaker whooped this man’s ass.

[Zeki]

Anyone notice too how ripped flag got for the second movie, like damn his arms in the first scene

[Rebecca Buckland]

Rick flag's last words were peacemaker, what a joke.😢

[Brian Hall, Jr.]

Peacemaker, the Beelzemon of the Suicide Squad.

[Sidharth]

They need to resurrect rick flag

[Bastymuss]

Hit that man with an X-Ray move

[Jude Channel Imagination Crossovers]

The best part 2:37

[whydowefall]

No, it's 4:09.

[Straight White Male]

No it's 2:15

[Adrian Jonathan]

So Really Awesome ❤

[Kyle Campbell]

James Gunn is amazing

[Mudiame Tokunboh]

Facts

[Giuseppe Consalvi]

Guys, his gf has the Enchantress inside her. If they want him to return back to life it would be an easy move ^^

[Andy Tha Rapper]

The first time i watched suicide squad was off a couple of tabs. Man i wish i could recapture that experience again lol

[caliptus85B]

this movie was just... fine

[Alexander Afxendiou]

Looks like peacemaker mastered the best martial art in the world meaning brute strength and fighting dirty lol good fight 👏 👌 💪

[Richard‘s Honest Unboxing and Gaming]

They did my boi Rick Flag dirty😢

[Lex Luther]

imagine if that was rick flare