Clearly, not even the most irrational mind would want to go home with this joyless, juiceless excuse for a super-villain. Mercifully, the Joker is nowhere to be seen in “Birds of Prey,” a sleek, diverting, hyper-violent new caper that arrives bearing the cheeky subtitle “(and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).” She isn’t the only one who’s been emancipated. “Birds of Prey,” directed by Cathy Yan from a screenplay by Christina Hodson, is an impudent blast of comic energy. In doing so, they’ve subverted the character’s Quinn-tessence: Just because you’ve seen one Harley doesn’t mean you’ve seen a moll. ------------‘Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)’Rating: R, for strong violence and language throughout, and some sexual and drug materialRunning time: 1 hour, 49 minutesPlaying: Opens Feb. 7 in general release

Source: Los Angeles Times February 05, 2020 17:02 UTC