A bad movie with good moments

Rating: 3/10 (12 August 2016)

Having had time to think about this movie for a week now I now feel I know what I have to say. Suicide Squad is a bad movie with good moments. This movie is a complete mess. But it is a fun mess. The first act is the messiest part of the whole film. It consists of a lot of exposition about the characters, with "scenes" (It's hard to call them scenes, as they are more like 10 - 20 second clips with no context what so ever, and have no beginning or end) about some of the main characters. It all feels very rushed and does not flow at all. Some parts of the second act were also like this, and when any flash backs happened a lot seemed to be missing. The editing of the film is very poorly done. The action sequences were underwhelming too, with the finale being very cliché and uninventive. The villain was nothing special, and their motivation was unclear. I have no opinion of the Joker as he was not even in a full scene. I know nothing about the character and Jared Leto was hugely wasted. Finally, a lot of the characters were not fully fleshed out.
The best part of this film were the squad, more specifically Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Diablo, Captain Boomerang and Rick Flag. Although Captain Boomerang was not very fleshed out, he had some funny and memorable moments, and was portrayed excellently. Will Smith as Deadshot was nothing we haven't seen Will Smith do before, but that is not a bad thing. We see a humane side to him too, which makes us care for him more. Harley Quinn was exactly what she needed to be. She was almost sort of a Wild Card, and was portrayed wonderfully by Margot Robbie. She had great chemistry with Will Smith too. The whole cast had great chemistry. Diablo and Rick Flag were also portrayed well, with clear motivations and were semi- fleshed out, so we cared a bit for them. The writing was also okay, with believable dialogue for the most part. Some of the jokes felt forced and some were rather cringe worthy, but for the most part it worked.
To conclude, I think this movie is worth seeing as it has a lot of good moments, but is still a huge mess. You will enjoy it because of the characters, even though it is still a mess. Warner Brothers, sort it out mate.