No Oscars here

Rating: 6/10 (18 August 2016)

The reason I'm writing this review is because this movie was set up very well over the first 40 minutes or so, but then took a tumble leaving me disappointed and angry. The back-story for each character near the beginning was the highlight of the movie; in truth they needed more of this. Another positive feature was the choice of songs in the soundtrack. The enchantress was an excellent character until she turned into a less scary, predictable, cliché villain with cheesy lines and a frankly awful side-kick brother. In fact, it was the point she resurrected her brother in the tube station where this movie began its downward spiral. This was epitomised by the predictable plot towards the end - nothing original, we've seen it all before. The attempt at humour by the killer croc was cringe worthy, I honestly can't believe they included it. It's the type of humour we used to enjoy as 10 year old's, which is pointless considering the age rating of 15. This movie needed to be more serious, with a greater fear factor like the cave scene where we meet the enchantress. The producers failed to target the appropriate audience throughout the movie and this is reflected by the poor reviews. Suggestions: 1) why couldn't the enchantress have an even more evil sister (instead of the brother) who she resurrects with detrimental consequences? 2) no cheesy croc jokes. In fact, no croc whatsoever. 3) a smaller army of villains, but scarier and more dangerous. 4) more scenes of the suicide squad being awesome, particularly dead eye - what's the point of including a character with incredible aim if the villains are going to be max 10 metres away? Overall, this is an okay movie but had the potential to be so much more.