Review of Suicide Squad (2016) by Cryzztal — 23 Nov 2017

I really wanted to like this movie. The trailer looked amazing and tricked me into believing the DCEU finally brought us a good film. Here's the thing, I didn't hate all of it. Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn? Amazing.

Leto as the Joker? Ridiculously underused, but other than that pretty good. Viola Davis, is, well, Viola Davis, so she is obviously a big plus. However, the 'Suicide Squad' feels less like a squad and more like a group of angry children with no personalities (except for Harley Quinn, although she had a little bit too much personality sometimes).

Every attempt at an emotional scene fails miserably, because the characters are not developed in any way. You know their names and what they can do, but that's about it. The action is so bad, it's laughable and the villain almost bores you to death.

It is obvious the reshoots destroyed this film and the amazing marketing is the only thing that saved this mess from also failing at the box office. I won't give it an 'Emoji Movie'-bad rating, because I didn't fall asleep, laughed at some jokes and liked the visual of the film, mostly the costumes and make-up.

But oh my god, I don't know if I can sit through this again. What. a. flop.