Birds of Prey : The Chronological Edit

Bad Movies Made Less Bad Presents:
Badass ladies, without the Ace Chemicals plotline.

Major Changes:

• Cassandra Cain's name has been changed to Kassandra Kane.
• Story told chronologically
• No Ace Chemicals plotline.

Editing Intent:

Harley, now more of a known entity, is discovering the protections afforded under Joker are slipping away. We meet Harley as a spoiled drunk, still milking the privileges of being Joker’s girlfriend, so her personal growth seems bigger from basic piece of shit to possible new anti-hero. The rest of the major characters are introduced sooner, and Sionis’s displays of sadism ramps up more progressively until he dons the mask.

**2022* Quality update! 

What began as a simple 5.1 audio upgrade with subtitles has turned into a lot more. Looking back, while the edit is technically fine, the cuts made were broad and crude in comparison to what I am now capable of. Sections of big fight scenes were cut, dialogue was used as it was spoken, and I still had a continuity error with Montoya's stinking shirt I felt I couldn't avoid. A couple of years practice can give a whole new perspective on what is possible. Without sacrificing my original intent, I was able to add back in small minor things like a bit more of the jailbreak fights, but with tighter trims for the parts that didn't work for me. Generally better transitions that allow little bits of the movie to remain, and I was able to remove the Montoya's continuity error. The most noticeable changes are that I moved the "history of the diamond" from Montoya at the PD to earlier, when Ronan mentions it at the club talking to Mr. Keo. We also get a very trimmed Harley backstory in the intro too. But most importantly, I was able to address a big complaint about the source movie - the use of the Cassandra Cain name. Now, her name has been changed to Kassandra Kane in the subtitle and the Bounty Hunter Phone Messages where her name is seen. Credits changed too. I know this doesn't "solve" the complaint, but it's an attempt!

Cut List:

• Cassandra Cain's name has been changed to Kassandra Kane.

• Intro animation trimmed.

• Trimmed scenes of Harley alone in apt, buying hyena and playing roller derby

• Moved scene of Harley in Bar with driver to later

• Removed Ace Chemical destruction scene and added new title sequence

• Moved Montoya’s intro scene to later

• Moved Sionis warehouse scene to later

• Moved Egg Sandwich chase scene to later

• Moved Montoya in the Station scenes to later

• Moved Harley’s entrance into Station to later

• Movie REALLY begins with the introduction of Black Canary.

• The "history of the diamond" from Montoya at the PD to earlier, when Ronan mentions it at the club talking to Mr. Keo

• Mr Keo face graphics when talking to Sionis removed

• Removed Sionis talking to customers after Mr Keo leaves

• Removed Harley talking to rando guy and getting shots with him

• Removed all mention of "Mr. Zsasz" name

• Cut to scene with Harley and Driver

• Cut to scene in Alley with rando guy trying to abduct her

• Cut to Montoya intro scene, cut shorter to exclude Ace Chemicals explosion

• Cut to Dinah arriving home

• cutting to Harley escaping in alley, thanking business owner.

• Cut to Sionis in warehouse with Mr Keo, Black Mask intro shots removed

• Cut to Dinah picking Sionis up

• Cut to Montoya confronting Dinah in Hallway (continuity error with Montoya’s clean clothes, but movie pacing seems off if made to strictly chronological)

• Cut to Sionis having breakfast, removed mention of Ace Chemicals and Sionis looking for Harley

• Cut to Egg Sandwich Chase scene, removed mention of ace chemical destruction, removed roller derby adversary, removed Harley describing the whole situation as lucky

• Cut to Cassandra stealing diamond sequence

• Cut to Montoya arriving at Station

• Cut to Sionis reacting to news of diamond gone

• Cut to Harley hostage scene

• Removed Harley dance scene Madonna tribute

• Montoya and Dinah phone call cuts to Harley entering the jail, which is cut much shorter and removed her shooting all policemen but one

• Removed Cassandra recognizing her from roller derby

• Removed Harley looking directly at the camera in the van with Cassandra

• Removed Sionis line “you wouldn’t betray me, would you?” to Dinah

• Removed Sionis calling out “Zsasz!”

• Removed mention of “Mr. Zsasz”

• Removed Zsasz showing his scars.

• Removed Dinah calling Henchman #1 “Zsasz”

• Removed Huntress naming “Victor Zsasz”

• Removed Montoya fighting the huge guys by herself

• Tightened up fighting in funhouse overall to remove most choreographed moments

• Shortened time it takes Huntress to tow Harley to first car of henchmen

• Tightened Harley and Sionis Car chase shots

• Cut short the Birds of Prey fight scene and lines about their name, mainly to detract from the weird costumes.

• Changed “Victor Zsasz” name in credits to “Sionis' Henchman/Confidant”

• Removed post credits audio.