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Gotham City ’s swell villain has return to the full-grown screen with the release of director Todd Phillips’Joker : Folie à Deux . This subsequence shows Arthur Fleck ( Joaquin Phoenix ) meeting his partner - in - criminal offence , Harleen “ Lee ” Quinzel ( Lady Gaga ) , in Arkham State Hospital as he stands test for his string of murders two years prior .
This mix of musical theatre and adjective crime drama has made for an unusual but exciting follow - up to one of DC ’s most successful photo . Though it may have received less - favorable reviews than its precursor , it stay on the Joker tarradiddle while deconstructing Phoenix ’s character in a apt and surprising style . Now that the motion picture is in theaters , it ’s time to give down the level and what the conclusion means for the supposed Clown Prince of Crime .
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The story
However , Lee encourages Arthur to embraceJoker , arguing that this is who he really is , and they start a romantic relationship . Arthur then displace his attorney and starts appearing as Joker in royal court , rag up his supporters at the courthouse and inside Arkham . But thing change after he reunite with Gary ( Leigh Gill ) , still traumatized by seeing Arthur mutilate their coworker , and overhears a group of Arkham guards kill a fellow patient for express support for him .
How does Joker: Folie à Deux end?
All in all , this sequel subverts everything set up before by showing how the Joker is just a symbol and that everyone comprehend Arthur for what they need to see . Some see him as the victim of genial illness , others see him as a homicidal teras who deserves to drop dead , and his follower see him as a rebel fighting a corrupt system of rules . But in the end , Arthur shows that he is just a Isle of Man dissemble to be someone else to get others to notice him .
Though Arthur briefly escapes captivity thanks to a bomb come out by two extremist supporter , the authority catch up to him and put him back in Arkham . It is there that another patient pang Arthur to death , having once idolize him as the Joker but had been disillusioned by his rightful ego . As Arthur bleeds to death , his killer laugh and slue the corner of his mouth , giving him scars , much like Heath Ledger ’s Joker .
While this intend the end for Arthur , the Joker is still very much alive , as this strange affected role seems to have taken on the image for himself and will continue the bike of violence that Arthur began as the genuine Clown Prince of Crime .
Will there be another Joker sequel?
In an consultation withThe Hollywood Reporter , director Todd Phillips stated he has no desire to make another Joker sequel or spinoff , believing he does n’t see himself making any other movies with DC . He also claimed he did n’t write anything inJoker : Folie à Deuxmeant to set up another tarradiddle .
Though this may not discontinue DC and Warner Bros. from immature - firing a follow - up , Phillips was a major originative part of his two Joker photographic film . It ’s concentrated to imagine them achieving the same level of achiever without him , so it looks like this branch of the DC Universe has reached its end .
Joker : Folie à Deuxis now in theaters .
