Superbly packaged mediocrity

Rating: 7/10 (11 August 2016)

I was expecting much more from Suicide Squad given the massive hype it has received throughout the past year.
The film centres around a group of imprisoned highly dangerous villains, including Deadshot, Harley Quinn, El Diablo and others who are recruited as a team/weapon by the CIA.
The plot is quite average, with some obvious mistakes/holes. However the movie is very well shot, camera work is superb, and the highlight of the movie is the awesome soundtrack of golden oldies (The Animals, Stones, CCR and Queen to name a few) which often has you singing along.
As for the actors, Margot Robbie is superb as Harley Quinn and is definitely the attention grabber in this film. Will Smith is acceptable-yet-lacklustre as Deadshot. Jai Courteney is brilliant as Captain Boomerang. My biggest disappointment was Jared Leto's interpretation of the Joker (who was absent throughout the majority of the film). All previous interpretations of the Joker captured his essence (random, slightly kooky or camp), but Leto's Joker is calculating,and portrayed as an angry (rather than crazy) mobster/pimp with too much bling on.
Overall, it was a fun experience but a let down after all the hype.