Well done but premature

Rating: 7/10 (10 December 2016)

As a long-time fan of DC, I thoroughly enjoyed this. However, for as well as they represented the characters, there were still many missed opportunities, most notably placing this film ahead of the necessary live-action films that should predate it, allowing the average fan to learn the characters. I held Assault On Arkham in high esteem, notably for providing closure to character arcs left hanging in the animated series. If you see this movie as a bonus to that, it's enjoyable but a bit disjointed.
Deadshot: Will Smith does a really good job, but he needs at least one prequel movie to help negate his Boy Scout reputation as an actor. This follows with my theme of Suicide Squad providing closure to bad guy character arcs.
Joker: Jared Leto has a solid handle on the character. Would really love seeing him written appropriately (i.e. The Dark Knight) rather than just a random plot device when the Suicide Squad needs some chaos to deal with.
Harley: Well acted but overplayed. After a while it seemed like if they needed some filler, they'd just choose Margot Robbie rather than try to flesh out another character better. Good for her, but bad for the film.
Plot: Overplaying the Enchantress was pretty lame. No real character development or agenda, just a contrived force for the sake of developing the Suicide Squad. We could've used the Justice League, or Lex Luthor, or a host of other interesting options, but instead we got the DC equivalent of Apocalypse from another failed movie.
Bottom line: we shouldn't have seen this movie for a long time. Each of these characters should've been fleshed out in their own movie, so that seeing them come together would provide some form of closure. Instead we got a fairly random movie I keep having to explain details of to my non-hardcore DC fans.