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Peacemaker

Who would have thought that giving a TV show to John Cena as the DC “villain” Peacemaker was a good idea? Well, James Gunn did. And he was 100% right.

John Cena had appeared as Peacemaker in The Suicide Squad, a film directed by James Gunn in the DCEU. He was impressive in the film and he wound up with the show. There were low expectations for the HBO Max show. It far exceeded anything that I expected.

John Cena gave his best performance since coming to Hollywood to be an actor, leaving behind his job as a WWE Superstar. The secondary characters, many from The Suicide Squad too, were all fantastic.

Other cast included Jennifer Holland, Freddie Stroma, Danielle Brooks, Steve Agee, Robert Patrick, Nhut Le, and Frank Grillo. Season one included a great performance from Chukwudi Iwuji as Clemson Murn.

What is impressive with peacemaker is the first season featured a story about “Project Butterfly” which dealt with mind controlling aliens. Season two was dealing with the multiverse and was a lot of character development. The fact that the show could give us two very different seasons, both very effective, is a testament to the show and the creatives behind it.

The show caught the attention of the fans with a choreographed dance sequence as the show’s opening credits that blew everyone away. Season one used the song “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” by Wig Wam and season two changed the song to “Oh Lord” by Foxy Shazam.