A Little Understanding Goes A Long Way...

Rating: 7/10 (29 August 2016)

...That's the theme I sorta took from this one.
So I made it to the local multi-plex to check out this latest in the "DC Universe"; this one from writer/director, David Ayer ("Fury", "Training Day", "Street Kings", etc..), known mostly for a series of crime pictures.
I wasn't terribly familiar with too many of the characters in this, but apparently portraying "Deadshot" was one of the reasons Mr. Smith was not able to do double duty with the sequel to "Independence Day", which just came out so many weeks ago. And he is probably the best thing about this movie. Jared Leto is good as the Joker, but after Heath Ledger's performance eight years ago, he's got some big shoes to fill. I also really liked his girlfriend, Harley Quinn, of course played by Margot Robbie, the big breakout star from "The Wolf of Wall Street" a few years back. She stole just about every scene she was in. The new "Robocop" star, Joel Kinnaman, was also pretty good as the military leader of the bunch. Never been a big fan of Jay Hernandez, but thought he was really good as "El Diablo".
And *SPOILER* Adam Beach as "Slipknot" was out of there way too soon IMHO. Possible More *SPOILERS* -- I enjoyed the cameos from some expected, and some unexpected, other DC Universe characters from other movies and TV shows.
Overall, I had a really good time at this movie. I don't think it was as well-received as the studio hoped it would be (maybe thinking it would be the next "Guardians of the Galaxy", in terms of it's box office performance), but I would definitely recommend giving this one a watch.