Directed and Written by : David Ayer
Starring : Margot Robbie, Will Smith, Joel Kinnaman, Viola Davis, Jai Courtney,
Release Date : August 3, 2016
Regretfully I have to say that "Suicide Squad" is a movie that only acts like it believes the hype that it gave itself, but doesn't exactly live up to it. To me it felt like this movie randomly tried to put as many things they could on screen, and just hoped for the best. Tons of characters! Cameo appearances! Hyper kinetic visual flourishes! Some snappy dialogue with pop culture references! Violence! Nods to the comic books! The whole thing was simply designed to get an immediate reaction out of me, and unfortunately it ended up leaning more towards the negative side.
I found a good chunk of this movie to be rather obnoxious. The fact that a lot of it seemed like it was just a series of fan service moments, wasn't even what I had the most problems with. The huge surprising issue I have is actually the soundtrack. Holy crap did they try and cram a lot of "hip" or "cool" songs into this film, as if playing those tunes were suppose to make what's going on screen automatically fun. It only emphasizes how the tone and feel of the movie was just all over the place. It tries to be lighthearted, exciting, and fun, but a lot of the jokes fall flat, there are scenes that felt trite, and I just ended up not caring for what's happening in the movie.
There are at least some sparks of entertainment that occasionally happens in this movie. Will Smith has some choice scenes as Deadshot. Jai Courtney hammed it up enough as Captain Boomerang. Margot Robbie is amazing as Harley Quinn; definitely the highlight of the whole movie. Jared Leto gave a nice manic take to the Joker. Even Ike Barinholtz had some fun as prison guard Griggs. Despite some good performances, this ensemble team of a motley crew just felt too forced to me. I was suppose to care for them as a team, but the movie gave me no reason to. The closest of that happening was this bar scene that almost convinced me that this movie actually had potential to be great, if only Director/Writer David Ayer wasn't too distracted of doing his take on the "comic book movie formula."
The hardcore DC Comics fans will get a thrill out of "Suicide Squad" just from the sheer fact they get to see these comic book characters in a movie screen. However, fan service alone is not enough to fix the flawed story telling that this film had. Simply disappointing at how mediocre and underwhelming this movie is.
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