Harley Quinn saves the day

Rating: 5/10 (14 August 2016)

So DC Comics is desperately trying to catch up to Marvel's cinematic success after Batman vs. Superman's poor reviews and relatively poor revenue. Yet, I can't help but tell they didn't try very hard. I almost wish I had seen a rerun of 'The Scorpion King' instead, there was more tension and apprehension of evil forces there than in this movie that really only starts to get interesting around 51st minute (way to long after everyone's finished their drinks and popcorn)
Up until then time has been wasted explaining the concept of the Suicide Squad without creating much soul to any the characters, except military-man Joel Kinnaman who gets more of a back-story than many members of the squad and still stands flat as a character (and actor) as his only trait apart from being a military-man is caring for June, who we also know nothing about except that she's possessed by an evil witch.
Will Smith has played a string of heroes by now and this seems like his "back-in-the-game" flick where he just needs popcorn-time at the movies, USD;s in his pocket and doesn't care much about a good script. Even Academy-awarded Jared Leto's performance is overwhelmed by heavy make-up and fake silver-teeth and doesn't deliver a single one-liner worth remembering. Boo script-writers! Consequently iconic and usually deeply unsettling villain Joker is most remembered for... a long, almost avian-like laughter that re-appears a couple of times throughout the movie.
So there is 1 character that keeps us wanting more, that delivers punch-lines and keeps the pace up. Little miss Harley Quinn is the hero of the villains or unwilling heroes, and displays a wider range of emotions throughout the movie than anyone else (tight-lipped Will Smith, open-jaw Joker or the British accent-wielding Enchantress)
Lord knows how many would have fallen asleep in the theater if we didn't have actress Margot Robbie to bring life to Harley and to this dark and sad story. Yes dark and sad, not dark and exciting like director Christopher Nolan's captivating Batman-trilogy that reinvigorated DC's darkest hero after the 1997 unintentional seppuku (Japanese term for ritual suicide) of 'Batman & Robin'.
Even in the 114th minutes, after 68,3% of the film, we're getting backstory to one of the characters. Really? Smell a sequel anyone? One I'm not looking forward to.
Hero of the movie: Actress Margot Robbie Villain of the movie: Writer & director David Ayer Moment of Truth: In the final action build-up 6000-something years old witch Enchantress does a little arrhythmic dance to cast blue lightning and a few minutes later Deadshot screams "You are evil!" at her, to clarify the situation I presume... Hot tip: Watch 'Deadpool' again!