Already Needs a Reboot...

Rating: 2/10 (11 August 2016)

Let me start by saying I am not a huge super hero movie fan, but I do enjoy the genre. Upon seeing the trailer for this film I was super excited because the concept was so different, much like Dead Pool (which was an awesome movie btw). This movie HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL TO BE AN ALL TIME GREAT, but it was a complete and utter mess. The overall plot was choppy, rushed, and just terrible from its lack of back story, it's odd yet lame villain, and it's run of the mill "humanity will end by the hands of a doomsday device". The script was horribly written and many characters did not speak enough to have any sort of background information given (ex: killer croc, the guy who shows up and dies before any action- I don't even know the guy's name). The jokers minimal screen time and utter uselessness to the plot was extremely aggravating. Batman and other Heros absences (with the exception of superman) were unexplained which was also aggravating. The flashback scenes were only really for Harley Quinn and dead shot which made them protagonists despite the movies claims of a team. The editing was a mess and the introductions of each antihero were extremely cheesy. Katanas forced and unexplained insertion to the team was mind boggling and Joel kinnamans characters love interest in enchantress wasn't well explained which lead me to not care about either character. Getting back to the flashbacks, many of the flashback scenes served no purpose to the plot and were ultimately bizarre, and not in a good way. Lastely, the "villains" did not seem like villains. I am all for deep characters, but these characters weren't deep and they experienced no real change throughout the film, they were more or less Heros with weird outfits who seemed pretty fragile or good from the start which made this way to much like a traditional hero movie. Now that I've covered the terrible script and plot I have to point out the fact that this should have been an R rated film. Suicide Squad was extremely restricted because of its rating which ultimately hurt the story, it's action sequences, its dialogue, and it's characters overall darkness. I'm not saying I want Rambo 4 like violence and wolf of wall street like sex, language, and drug use, but the movie could have been better if it carried a more adult tone to coincide with the already dark and creepy scenery and characters (I mean who enjoys restricted dialogue and bloodless violence and or off screen deaths) The concept of the movie is great and Leto, Smith, and Robbie all did an above average job portraying their characters respectively which makes it all the more sad to see the final product this way. I would love to see a reboot (I know it's not gonna happen lol) but I feel if executed properly this movie could be outstanding, a cast change is not even needed because the acting was solid, the script just ruined it. I hope to see a suicide squad that fans deserve in the near future but in the mean time I'm gonna go watch the Dark Knight to wash my eyes out from the awful film I just paid to see. PS: Christain Bale is batman, sorry Ben Affleck...