Review of The Suicide Squad (2021) by Kdevitt — 06 Aug 2021

Saw this at a sold out showing (half capacity) in Dublin. I'll start with the reactions I heard - which are obviously not scientific - but seemed that every group watching it were split between liking it and hating it. My wife thought it was the worst CBM she's ever seen.

For me it was pretty enjoyable, but completely over the top on some of the gore and other bits just seemed completely unnecessary. The comedy fell flat for me - Peacemaker in particular was as irritating as a dose of scabies.

All that said - some of the cinematography was amazing, and the effects were superb. Not a dodgy mustache in sight. The ultimate feeling I left with was that while it shared characters from the original SS, it in no way felt connected to the DCEU for me. Maybe the next few movies being released can go some way toward remedying that for me.

Idris Elba and Daniela Melchior were the definite highlights - but I find it baffling that they saw anything in this movie which made them think Peacemaker was deserving of his own series.

Overall - a definite improved on the studio release of Suicide Squad - but nowhere near a DC highpoint in my opinion, and I'm really in no rush to rewatch it.