Ruined by Studio Interferences and a lack of clear direction.

Rating: 2/10 (21 October 2017)

I know my rating seems pretty harsh, and people do like this film. To me this films is bad, pretty bad, to the point where I was bored. This is a movie that tries to be fun, to make it seem better than Batman V Superman, but it clearly clashes with the tone it had before. I had a feeling that David Ayers, a fantastic director, tried to make this film similar to End of Days or Fury where it was occupied by great characters and solid action but overall built on these characters. However, the studio decided, hey, how about adding the most generic villain possible when a terrorist or the Joker (who is barely in this film as you might have guessed) would have been much better. There are definitely plot holes, to be expected, but some of them are too major to ignore. The whole Marvel scenario where the villain is destroying the city and the Avengers aren't helping is usually an idea that works because not only do they give proper reasons, in the universe it makes sense because of the amount of villains. No one quite understands the DC universe yet, and it is inferred that apocalyptic events don't happen to much, so I would imagine for example the Flash would try to stop the villain. However the writers decided the best excuse they could make as to why they didn't alert the superheroes is because "they could turn on the citizens at any given point". You've heard the criticism before, but why it bugs me so much is that there is hole scene devoted to it, a scene that tries to be stylized with in your face techniques that I am sure the studio put in after realizing the film wasn't "fun" enough. Now some will agree with me that there was a lot of meddling behind the scene but many say the fun action scenes and memorable characters make the film good. I feel like I watched a different movie, because many of the characters are terrible. The only three I liked where Killer Croc, Captain Boomerang (hopefully Jai Courtney has more good performances like this) and Harley Quinn. It is definitely strange why these three where in the film, but I can understand because they were by far the best characters, however excluding Harley Quinn they have almost zero development. The others where too forgettable, but I feel like for example the fire guy was going to be developed, but then the studio feared there wasn't enough action or Joker scenes. Every other character remains generic or just bad to me. Some liked Will Smith as Deadshot, but there are a couple of things that pull me back from liking him. 1. He feels like he his sleeping during half the film, not at his full potential 2. He is not at all like Deadshot, which I wouldn't mind too much if Deadshot wasn't such an interesting and great villain. I thought Jared Leto wasn't a good Joker, but to be fair there was far too little of him to tell. Honestly if they re-shot the film I would opt for less Joker and more character development. The action in the movie is way, way too bland. All it consist of is shoot enemy made of basically goo, turn to ash and rinse, repeat. There never feels like there is any stakes, and the dark look of the city never adds to the feeling of "fun" and just contrasts it. More bar scenes would make the film more bearable and entertaining, because some characters would work better explored. Finally the soundtrack is obnoxious, it never feels like it works for the moment, and it just feels like the studio trying to enforce a style that conflicts with the rest of the film. David Ayres wanted a character film with some action, but instead its got to be a Guardians of the Galaxy rip off, and the tones never blend together. Instead of being something unique suicide squad feels like a mish mash of clichés. It tries to tell you its unique, but never goes the full mile. Some characters are interesting enough and sometimes I like how it is shot, but for the most part this film is a mess, and by far the DCEU's worst film to date.