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Rating: 5/10 (16 August 2016)

What Suicide Squad carries on from its trailers are the strong array of cast members and a delightfully bombastic soundtrack. If only they could spend half as much effort directing as they do on the marketing.
As Suicide Squad began, I soon realised that the target audience are those with the mindset of a goldfish with attention deficit disorder, although this does help us part ways with the cringeworthy aspects of the film.
The lively performances in Suicide Squad are what primarily save it from falling into the same bloated cesspool as Batman v Superman. Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, and Will Smith, all live up to my high expectations, although I was most surprised with Jai Courtney's performance, as he was able to act beyond the emotional range of wet dish cloth.
I'm neither a comic fanatic or a teenager, so obviously this film isn't for me. However, seeing as DC are desperately trying to compete with Marvel, you would think that a good film with a broad appeal wouldn't be too much to ask for.
Despite my criticisms, this is not the worst superhero film ever. However, if you have not been drafted into seeing this one with your friends, there are at least a dozen other DC films that are more worthy of your time.
Your swiftly diminished expectations for Suicide Squad aren't going to kill you, but they just might hurt you really, really bad.
I'll give this one a 5/10.