Too dark, too much, too many

Rating: 4/10 (7 August 2016)

I was excited when "Squad" was first advertised nearly a year ago; slowly with the flooding of super hero movies which continuously disappointed me, I lost interest because I felt it was going to happen again. People started talking, and it looked like everyone was interviewing Robby, not Leto (a bad sign). The film was disappointing to say the least.
It was an intriguing concept: to have the most dangerous villains and criminals fight an impending terrorist attack. First problem is that how do we come up with such a threat when those characters are already pretty wild to begin with. Place Batman in the position of a mailman, and you have a dark and loud mess again.
So the story unfolds, we see Viola Davis, looking tired and frustrated, without any of the energy she usually projects no matter what she plays. Batman flies in and out of the picture. The rest of the characters are reduced to gestures and grunts. Ledger's Joker haunts this film along with Nicholson's wild creation. I kept thinking I want to see the thing from The Fantastic Four, Bane from "The Dark Knight", anything that reminded me of a real, classic, comic book creation.
The exposition is a bit clever, with a sprinkle of logic, and the only that kept me watching was Robby's twisted and sexy psycho. After that, the film degrades into a loud display of sounds and special effects. Did anyone learn anything from "Superman" and "Batman vs. Superman"? In the end, I felt like I wasted 2 hours of my life. I will definitely think more than twice before I see another comic book film.