Not Good but Not Terrible

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2016)

When leaving the cinema, the one thought you don't want to have is that "it could have been better." With such a great premise, Suicide Squad could have been incredible. But unfortunately this film, in my opinion, now joins the long list of movies which had great potential but failed to reach it.
The major problem for me was the lack of grit and reality which would have given Suicide Squad its edge from every other superhero film. Instead it overdosed on CGI and that manufactured Hollywood glow which meant it wasn't as cool and as raw as it should have been.
Another fault was too many characters, which once introduced (which was very necessary) a good half and hour had been lost. I reckon you could have halved the squad and it would have made no difference to the movie.
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn carried this film in my view (she basically the reason for 5 stars!) and I'd totally go to a Harley Quinn only film. Will Smith as Deadshot was also good as was Viola Davis as Amanda Waller and the rest were decent enough.
However, Jared Leto as The Joker was a bit of a disappointment. I get why people loved his portrayal but all I could think while watching him was how alike he was to Jim Carrey! And unfortunately Cara Delevigne as Enchantress was pretty laughable!
I can imagine it was so much fun to make this film and although not amazing, I can't class it as terrible! Time to try again DC?!