Suicide Squad Review

     The second film of the DCEU is the longly awaited Suicide Squad. After Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice was a disappointment to critics and a fair number of fans, movie goers have been incredibly intrigued to see what the reception would be for the next film in DC's playbook. Suicide Squad presents us with a government assembled team of supervillains in order to take down a bigger threat in exchange for time off their prison sentence. Well audiences have the opportunity to finally see Suicide Squad this weekend. The potential for this movie is evident when watching but it doesn't quite hit the target. While this film fantastically introduces and develops new characters of the DCEU, its plot is too chaotic and the villain is a huge setback.

      The biggest positive of this movie is some of the character writing and performances. Will Smith brings his A game as Deadshot. Going in to the film, it was a worry that Smith was going to take over the film with screen time. However his character gets a fair amount of screen time and beautifully delivers when he's up to bat. Another performer that goes above and beyond for her role is Margo Robbie as Harley Quinn. Her comedic chops were on point and she did great when action was needed. I felt like I was watching the 90's Batman cartoon portrayal of Harley Quinn. The range for her was incredible. Furthermore, the most talked about role going into this movie was Jared Leto as The Joker. I will say the sample size we get in this movie is way too small to compare him to Heath Ledger's performance. However Leto is creepy as hell in this iconic role. The writing for this character is definitely going in a different direction then any other on-screen Joker. It's a shame we did not get more scenes with him.
     Another huge positive was the chemistry with the members of the team. Most of the characters in the squad interact very well and it feels very authentic. We understand a lot of the characters motivations especially when dealing with a far more evil puppet master with Amanda Waller played by Viola Davis.
     Now we get to the negatives. The largest negative of this film is the plot. Once the squad actually starts on their mission, this movie lacks in a lot of aspects. The plot is often times very chaotic and the pacing does not allow for the scenes to develop. Its never really evident to the audiences as to what threat the squad is trying to stop in the city. Its plot is what very much makes this movie forgettable at times.
     The writing for this movie struggles a lot. The dialogue ultimately falls flat at times. Some might even think cringe worthy. There were heavy rumors that David Ayer only had 6 weeks to write this screenplay and after seeing this film it would not surprise me if this was true.
     The villain for this movie is also a huge mistake. I don't want to get into spoilers. However the villain's motivations are never stated and the performance is ultimately dull. It is very much just a stereotypical villain that wants world domination...Except we never know why she's evil, which is much worse.
     This is one of the most anticipated movies of the summer and I know people that actually really enjoyed this movie. So I cannot encourage you enough to go this movie and go decide for yourself. I run this blog not to drill you with my opinion and have you regurgitate it. My purpose running this is to communicate my ideas. When you see the film I want you to look at my views and be like "I see where's he coming from yet I disagree" or "I see where he's coming from and I actually really agree with his statements". When I state in all my posts whether or not you should see it, that's my personal opinion. So for Suicide Squad, I would say go see it because this is a very divisive movie that you should witness in the theater and develop your own opinion. However it didn't quite land for me.

Rating: 5.0 out of 10