Better than the critics let on.

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2016)

When reviewing this film I wasn't real sure where to start, but I think I'll lead off with my conclusion. DC Comics fans are generally speaking, assholes. They must be. Because Suicide Squad has been bombarded with horrible reviews. I'm here to tell you that this is by far the best DC movie since The Dark Knight. It's funny to me that the fans destroyed Batman vs Superman because it was too dark, too slow, too long, too confusing, not enough fun...on and on and on (though Lex was awful). Those same people are destroying this movie for the exact opposite. Its just too jam packed with action and excitement for fans this time around. Suicide Squad is the DC equivalent of a Fast and Furious/Transformers film. The film manages to introduce about a dozen of DC's best villains along with cameos from Batman and the Flash. They managed to do that seamlessly without the film running 3 hours. No "what's going on" moments. No "Who is that guy" stuff. Was there a deeply themed plot? Not at all. Were the characters fleshed out and deeply humanized. Nope. However, they weren't ever intended to be. This is not a film like Man of Steel or Batman vs Superman where there were themes about men among gods and morality vs justice. This a DC fantasy film about "What if the bad guys were the good guys". They stayed true to the source material in the fact that this was never a deep story arc. It's smash em up fun. Casting was perfect. I say that even including the fact that I hate Will Smith. He almost didn't seem to be missing DJ Jazzy Jeff in this film. He was convincingly Deadshot. And Margot Robbie? Her ass in short shorts was enough reason to rate this movie 10 stars all on it's own! I know some of the critics didn't like the villain. Well news flash folks. All the best DC villains were the stars of this film! I also didn't think the enchantress was a bad pick for the villain. She was much more interesting than some of the villains in recent Marvel films and nobody's complaining about what's happening with those movies. The pace of this movie was quick. The visual effects were seamless and stunning. They loaded it with music like as if they were making the Madden sound track and the Easter egg after the credits was pretty good. I don't know what else to say other than don't listen to the haters. See this one and decide for yourself.