Average superhero movie

Rating: 7/10 (9 October 2016)

Because of Superman's presence and/or absence and because of metahumans, Amanda Waller decides to create a special force made up of the worst of the worse bad guys. In this case it's Deadshot who never misses, the wacky and lovely Harley Quinn, a human/krocodile hybrid named Killer Croc, a gangbanger who can create and control fire named Diablo and Dr. Moore who can summon a most powerful ancient witch named Enchantress. Waller has the witch's heart through which she controls her. Later Boomerang and Slipknot make an appearance as well. On the ground running things is a military guy named Flag who is actually involved with Moore. They are all injected with a mini bomb in the neck which will kill them if they go rogue.
Quickly, Enchantress does go rogue, revives her brother who grows stronger every time he kills someone so he can retrieve her heart. With all the death around her, they aim to create some superweapon. Meanwhile the Joker is one her way to meet up with his girl Harley.
Of course our heroes are reluctant but don't have much choice to do as they are told. They are sent to the city where Enchantress has turned countless people into an army of concrete blobs. The Suicide Squad does very well in eliminating all these creatures. Then they have to face her and her giant brother but again refuse until they agree. They will also have to face their own issues in the process.
DC Universe movies are still trying to find a voice and style. Suicide Squad supposedly had some re-shoots and edits and so on, which rarely improve things. From what one reads here on IMDb, it seems several important scenes that would have improved the movie weren't included in the theatrical version.
One problem is that they tried, for no good reason, to turn Deadshot into the main character of this movie. We get more about his background than about any other character. But there's nothing intrinsic in the script that makes him the main character. This is one case where they simply had too many strong and interesting characters. You can't wait to see Croc flip out and you know there's something about Diablo. Harley is a joy to see. But they also have to compete with the Joker, Batman, and Flag, played by the charismatic Kinnaman. All performances here are strong, even by Delevingne, who I'm not sure how she ended up as a model, of all things. She does have potential as an actress though. Overall the cast here is impressive. There's nothing wrong with the story either, it's your usual superheroes fighting destruction of the universe stuff with the usual climax at night. What this movie doesn't do and should have done is get into the DC mythology, which as far as I can tell is rather fascinating.