This was another quintessential DC installment, trending to the strange, devoid of plot but with some interesting moments

Rating: 5/10 (6 August 2016)

I would almost recommend the ticket price for Suicide Squad just to see Harley Quinn alone..almost. But while Robbie's quirky and sexually charged take on the iconic character is worthy of your time, much of the rest of the film leaves you feeling largely unfulfilled.
The plot is thin on the ground (when it exists at all) and for a large part the characters are more caricatures than characters. The first half of the movie involves an overburdening of backstory and the rest follows through a string of turbo charged action, which, whilst exciting, doesn't really have any sort of direction, as we are left to wonder exactly how these villains were ever let loose on this mission in the first place.
Perhaps the government had misplaced Batman's phone number?
There are some positives, Will Smith is excellent as the dry witted Deadshot and Jai Courtney's character had a number of enjoyable punchlines, for which we can almost forgive his hammed up Aussie accent. But the same can't be said for Jared Leto's joker. It was overacted, unnecessarily weird and devoid of purpose in this film. And then there's the stock standard and wooden villain from another dimension, Enchantress, who is really only there to give the squad something to shoot at to end the film.
This was another quintessential DC installment, trending to the strange, devoid of plot but with some interesting moments.