Just another average movie

Rating: 5/10 (14 April 2017)

Up 'till now, I guess we all got used to the fact that today's superhero movies are not so super as they are supposed to be. Moreover, they are rather average, just like this one.
The acting crew of Suicide Squad is pretty good and they depict their characters pretty good (although Killer Croc should be twice bigger). But that was of little help to this movie, since it practically drowned in the mess of its own story.
The movie begins quite slowly. Then, out of a sudden, the plot begins quite accidentally and develops so fast (and without adequate explanation) that it disrupts the pace, making you wonder what happened. Then the story develops into constant not-so-special action with average CGI, overall inconsistency, lame jokes and cliché wisecracks. To me, the very idea of the plot was odd and uninventive.
Character development is unevenly performed. There are two main characters who simply overshadowed other seemingly important characters. To somehow fix that, the producers frequently inserted unnecessary and pointless dialogues between the action scenes. To no avail. The supporting characters remained shallow and, for the most part of the movie, utterly useless.
Still, this movie is watchable, but don't expect anything special. If you like the Suicide Squad from the comics, the animated movie Batman: Assault on Arkham is far better exemplar.