Review of Suicide Squad (2016) by Tatiana S — 10 Jan 2017

Review:

After reading some bad reviews about this movie, I finally got to watch it, and I must admit, it's actually not bad. OK, it's really cheesy in some parts and the director wasted a lot of time in the beginning but the action scenes wasn't bad, and Harley Quin was excellent fun. The whole Witch aspect of the film was a bit ridiculous but I enjoyed the wit and the mixture of characters, all brought something fresh to the project. Anyway, it's based on a group of super villains, who are released from jail to take down a Witch, who wants to take over the world. They all have a bomb implanted into there necks, so they can't escape whilst going after the Witch, and they join forces with the army, head by military expert Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman), who takes his orders from a government official, Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), who originally put the Suicide Squad together. As it is Rick's girlfriend, June Moone (Cara Delevingne) who is possessed by the Witch, he is desperate to get his girlfriend back but they have to fight through the witches army, who were way too easy to kill in my opinion. The Suicide Squad soon bond together and become an ultimate force with good intentions but they all have there own personal issues, which Amanda uses to her advantage. With Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Boomerang (Jai Courtney), Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), Slipknot (Adam Beach), Katana (Karen Fukuhara) and Diablo (Jay Hernandez) at her disposal, and Batman on speed dial, Amanda's squad also have to fight against the Joker (Jared Leto), who just wants to get his girlfriend, Harley Quinn back. I didn't really see the point of the Joker in this movie and Boomerang seemed to get in the way most of the time but I did find him quite funny because of his banter with the rest of the characters. Without Harley Quinn, this movie would have been a total flop in my eyes but it actually was quite enjoyable, even though the plot was a bit poor. Some of the CGI was impressive but the dark palette took away the attention to detail. Anyway it's a decent start to the DC Suicide Squad but it doesn't touch Christopher Nolan's Batman franchise. Enjoyable!

Round-Up:

Although I haven't heard a good word said about this film, the profit at the box office was pretty impressive and I'm looking forward to the sequel. Director, David Ayer, 48, comes from a military background, so it wasn't surprising that the action looked realistic and on point. His previous projects include, Harsh Times with Christian Bale, Street Kings with Keanu Reeves, the great End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhaal, Sabotage with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Fury with Brad Pitt. All of his previous projects are about policemen or the army, so his approach to this film was to make it look and feel realistic, even though it's based on superheroes with special abilities. As I didn't know anything about the DC superheroes, I can't really compare this film to the comics. I did think that Diablo was the only true superhero because of his amazing fire powers, and the way that he went toe to toe with the witches brother at the end but the rest of the squad, especially Boomerang, we're pretty average. Anyway, it's definitely worth a watch but I don't think that we have seen the best of these superheroes as yet.

Budget: $175million.

Worldwide Gross: $745.6million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/adventure/fantasy movies, starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto, Common, Jai Courtney, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ike Barinholtz, Adam Beach, Viola Davis, David Harbour, James McGowan, Jim Parrack, Cara Delevingne and Ben Affleck. 6/10.