Suicide Squad Gets A Dirty Dozen Style Trailer

Director David Ayer has described his Suicide Squad movie as "The Dirty Dozen with supervillains," so it makes perfect sense that New York Magazine would edit footage from his upcoming film with the voice over from the original trailer of Robert Aldrich's 1967 classic war film.

In The Dirty Dozen, Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin) is ordered to put together a team of ex-soldiers that have committed crimes, some so heinous that they are awaiting execution. These are the worst of the worst, which means they are perfect for a suicide mission behind enemy lines. If the felons succeed in their dangerous mission and survive they will have their sentences commuted. Hey, that's just like Suicide Squad!

Check it out in the video below.

Directed and written by David Ayer (Fury) and features an all-star cast: Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, Cara Delevingne, Viola Davis, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Beach, Jay Hernandez, and Karen Fukahara.

Suicide Squad is set to be released August 5, 2016.