WB has forsaken thee

Rating: 4/10 (18 August 2016)

This is what happens when a director writes a comic book film and doesn't have a good grasp of the source material.
Great performances from Margot and Leto and with that great homage to Alex Ross, it's easy to see David understood these two characters and in this film he reached to both the comic books and cartoon as references points.
And contrary to popular belief, this film borrows heavily from the comic books. Unfortunately like BvS, it doesn't go all the way, or cherry picks too much.
Which makes much of what the characters do make little to no sense.
The characters were also too soft. They are supposed to be the worst of the worst. Double crossing everyone in site and greedy. Here they are not even close.
Will Smith is yet again portraying a caricature of himself. It's as if he refuses to portray a truly vile and evil character. Viola Davis was another highlight in this films. Her character simply wasn't written well as it could have been.
I personally didn't see issues with editing. The film simply drags because the pacing is very poor.
The final act is deplorable. I'm not sure if Cara Delevingne is that bad an actress or if the writing/direction was that awful, that it made her performance that much more cringe worthy.
I'm just glad I watched this film at a discount. I hope Margot Robbie, Viola Davis and Jared Leto return. The rest, I have no interest in seeing again and DC might want to think about replacing David Ayes as writer and director.