Suicide Squad had Potential

Rating: 6/10 (18 September 2016)

I wish I could have said 10/10 but what we were sold, was not that. I know that movies must be edited for time, and it already ran for 123min including Credits. Maybe they should have made it a 2 part movie, although I tend to hate those in principle. According to Jared Leto "During an interview with BBC Radio 1, Leto told Edith Bowman "there's probably enough footage" for the Joker to have a movie of his own." Not that I wanted 2 more hours of the Joker in this movie. My point is this, overall there was terrible editing, parts of the movie seen in trailers even those that were fun, yet cut, and yes I know this happens in other movies. Most likely to get you to buy a Blu-ray later.
Then to add insult to injury, they make Suicide Squad into a PG-13 parody of itself. In my opinion, they went the wrong direction with Deadshot. Will Smith can act, but the jovial way in which the character was played did not work. Why was Slipknot even on the team, spoiler just to show you, they can and will blow your head off, but the worst thing were the the altered humans they fought, it had no impact.
As most say, Margot Robbie did quite well, and made Harley Quinn her own. I also believe that Jay Hernandez created a wonderful interpretation of Diablo, even with his limited scenes. Jared Leto's Joker portrayal was very entertaining, and spot on. I am not going to comment on all of the cast, most were were fine or better.
DC Entertainment needs to get its act together. With the inflated budget, due to unused footage and therefore sets. Second guessing editing. Re-wrights for popular and influential actors, and likely, very highly paid. They are diminishing their profit margin, therefore, making it less likely they will continue the brand. Not just with this movie, but, with everything they have made so far since the Nolan Batman movies. I gave this movie a six because I like the genre, but I doubt it is even worth that.