A huge mess.

Rating: 4/10 (5 August 2016)

I hate to say this, but Suicide Squad is a huge, HUGE mess. The movie is a pastiche of flat jokes that rarely land, failed attempts at creating tension between its characters (that bar scene is incredibly stupid) and laughable drama. The plot is incredibly rushed and doesn't make any sense if you take the time to think about it, the editing is a disaster, the soundtrack is overstuffed (anyone can throw 20 great songs in a film, but that doesn't make for a great soundtrack if the choices are random and awkwardly placed. It was the sense of perfectly fitting into the scene what made the "Watchmen" soundtrack so damn good, and that doesn't happen here).
The characters, with a couple of alright exceptions (a great Harley Quinn that nevertheless gets stabbed by the incompetence of the screenwriters during the third act, a barely decent Deadshot whose choices near the end, as Harley's, don't make much sense, and a cold and Machiavellian Amanda Waller), are bland as hell. Katana has a great physical design, but she's nothing but a wordless minion. And she's not even the worst of the bunch. The Enchantress is terribly explained and her motivations are completely out of place. Boomerang just walks by every now and then, with no development at all, changing his allegiances every five minutes. Killer Croc does nothing. Rick Flag is useless. The Joker isn't terrible, but he isn't good either. Yeah, he's mildly entertaining, and I get that Leto needed to try something desperately different, but he's neither funny nor intimidating. He's the Joker in name only. And of course, there's the third act, which is a freaking travesty full of cringe-worthy dialogue, bad writing, characters that constantly betray themselves to serve a happy-ending-in-a-Hollywood-style purpose and poor action sequences.
So, to sum up: F**k you, David Ayer. You took a concept with incredible potential and delivered the worst comic book movie of the year. I can't find the words to express how extremely disappointed I am. Please, someone save the DCEU, because this is the third strike, and these movies keep getting worse and worse. I don't trust Wonder Woman at this point. How could I?
Rating: 4,5/10
PD: Does anyone dies in a helicopter crash in this f**king universe?