Lot of style, but no substance.

Rating: 5/10 (5 August 2016)

Suicide Squad is a train-wreck. Let's just get that out of the way right now.
Jared Leto's Joker was teased heavily in all the trailers, posters, magazine ads, and TV spots, but he makes an astonishingly short (and pointless) appearance in the movie, only appearing a handful of times for a combined total of probably less than 7 minutes. Though that's probably for the better - Leto's Joker is less a theatrical, serial-killer mastermind and more of a general psychopath with a gun and a grating laugh.
Harley Quinn's relationship with Joker is practically nonexistent in this movie - they touch on a few key cornerstones of what people know from the comics or animated shows, but not in any detail and not for long enough for anyone to take it seriously. The whole draw of Harley Quinn's character is that she used to be a respectable, well-meaning doctor before Joker twisted her into what she becomes, but in this movie, they make her out to basically be a lovesick puppy with no brain whatsoever. She basically exists in this movie to be the slapstick comic relief.
Will Smith is great - but he doesn't bring anything to playing Deadshot, except to make him into another typically Will Smith "I'm cocky and I mouth off" persona. The plot goes absolutely nowhere. For a good 20 minutes of this movie, nothing is shown but a series of music montages. The rest of the movie seems pieced together from scenes that seem like they were shot only to be placed in the trailer. (It's a fantastic trailer, to be fair.)
Whole lot of style, not a lot of substance, and just like the villain of this story, the Suicide Squad movie lacks heart - and that's why it's getting the reviews it has been. There are a ton of "wow, cool" shots and scenes in this - like June Moon's first transformation into Enchantress or Killer Croc's eyes gleaming from the darkness of his cell - but they're nothing more than a bit of flair.