Great cast but poorly executed

Rating: 3/10 (31 October 2017)

Firstly, let me say that this film is by no means bad. I'm not saying this is a good film either because, frankly, it isn't. It suffers from many of the same problems as Batman vs Superman. It has a weak plot with many holes in it. The film spends nearly half the time introducing its characters, yet I still found myself not caring whether they lived or died. There was no real threat for our 'heroes' as the stakes really weren't either high enough, or weren't enphasised enough. The CGI was terrible, with the enchantress' goons looking appalling. The story was some what cliché with them falling apart and deadshot doing his speech in the bar. Diablo also followed the mold eventually sacrificing himself. The enchantress reminded me more of someone from a strip club rather than a world threatening villain. Amanda Waller was a great addition to the DC universe, however even her character needed more development and work. Unfortunately, the joker wasn't the main villain as, and while this may be controversial, I found Jaret Leno's performance spell-binding. His take on the joker was great but the story was so poor that he could have been taken out and it would have ended with the same product. Most of the team members in the film would need an entire film to get their back story. Screen time was solely aimed towards Deadshot and Harley Quinn with them taking over at least 70% of the film. While Deadshot was not the ruthless assassin we all hoped for, he was acted brilliantly by will smith and DC really got the look they were going for. Margot Robbie was another example of great casting. She played a great Harley Quinn who was obsessed with the Joker and showed psychopathic tendencies throughout. Finally I want to congratulate Leno on his portrayal of the joker as if you watch all the deleted scenes, you see a lot more of him.