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Rating: 5/10 (8 September 2016)

I have waited with pure anticipation for this movie, like a child waiting for Kit-kat after visiting the dentist.
As a self-confessed comic book nerd, every movie that hits the screen containing a Marvel or DC character(s) - I am there. So, since the news was spread over the old t'interweb that Suicide Squad was to be made, I drooled like a Lion eying up a cow.
I was expecting the movie to be a guardian of all that is good, brave and ass belting about super hero and super villain movies. I was rather disappointed!
I was left feeling like the movie had never actually started, like it was stuck behind a tractor in a 70mph zone. The plot was weaker than a bridge made of wafers - the only thing that made it appealing was the fact that people spoke words. The plot felt like it was thrown in there as a side project to the huge cast and special effects. I can't even be bothered explaining the story because I don't want to waste 3 and a half more minutes of my life that I will never get back.
The cast gave the movie some presence, however they were massively under used. Will Smith was good as Deadshot, however the moment he touched the screen he seemed suffocated. Almost like he wasn't allowed to bring his natural humour and energy to the project. Jai Courtney was good, as was Joel Kinamann. They all seemed a little under staged by the moronic plot line though.
Margot Robbie was the pick of the bunch as Harley Quinn. She was beautiful, dangerous and desperately annoying - all the qualities needed to play Ms. Quinn. She stole the screen every time she appeared - I reverted to being 12 again, as a crush quickly developed, only to be thumped numerous times by my wife, in the arm.
It was Harley Quinn's movie in all reality. The sub plot line involving her and the Joker could easily have been made into a movie of it's own.
Jared Leto was terribly mis-cast as the Joker. Unfortunately I think we have all been spoiled by a certain Mr. Nicholson and the Late Heath Ledger. They encapsulated both old and new versions of the green haired psycho. Jared was painful to watch as he over-acted his way through much of his scenes. Over acting is not a bad thing in this role, but Jared just did not pull it off. Unfortunately for him, Ben Afflecks 34 second appearance as Batman was a finer visual treat than the majority of his contribution. Affleck is a good Batman.
The script came straight from the George Lucas School of film writing, it really wasn't the best. In fact had they paid more attention to the character development and allowed the actors to breathe a little more, we would have been in for a wicked treat. The one liners were few and far between and there was a distinct lack of flowing energy.
Overall the pulse of the movie was slow - the special effects were fabulous. That is a major positive, the costumes were on a par with superb and the setting was dark and mysterious. But the film did little to make you want more. It did little to grab you by the preverbials and thrust you into "dark" Gotham. The Anti- hero's need a better script to shine.
It is not the worst film I have ever seen and I am glad I viewed it at the cinema. I really hope a sequel will do Suicide Squad more justice.