Harley Qu...Suicide Squad

Rating: 8/10 (7 August 2016)

There is a new era that we have been fast approaching for some time, and now we are in full force of its presence, that era being every single comic book,video game,cartoon icon we can go in the past and think of is here, and ready for the big screen treatment. Obviously with the advancement of film technology, we will see everything come to life before our very eyes. It is a good time to be alive, I've seen Wolverine one of the most iconic, not to mention favorite for many years come to life through Hugh Jackman, I've seen my childhood toys come to life with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the 90's film not the new CGI Turtles, & even the likes of G.I. Joe and Iron man, there is literally something for everyone. Superman being one of my favorite characters of all time I've had the pleasure to see him re-imagined in great form from Brandon Routh, but not being what casting directors/producers wanted, Henry Cavill has proved to be very good indeed. Everyone thought Ben Affleck cast as Batman was a poor choice, I disagree he has proved to be good as well, we'll truly see in Justice League. Now, enter the most eclectic group of "superheroes" the comics have ever produced,The Suicide Squad. Just setting this up was probably one of those feel good moments, from pre-production meetings with all cast and crew, you knew you could have something special here. The events of the story take place after Batman Vs. Superman so I would suggest watching it before you watch Suicide Squad. Now setting up the right cast for so many characters was probably very challenging, are they right for this iconic role, or not. Now from the start most people are seeing this for one character alone, Harley Quinn(Margot Robbie) she had to be stoked at the opportunity to play one of the most iconic female characters ever, and she nailed it. She had the look, the voice, and the demented psycho killer badass valley girl character down to a T. The film is mainly driven with all its characters but set up and run by Viola Davis, she is a black ops C.I.A. Bad ass that works only to preserve the safety and security of the united states. She gathers together the rag tag group most of which are in prison for numerous crimes, Diablo(Jay Hernandez) who can control fire, and then there's the killer croc, a literal man/crocodile played by Adewale Agbeja, who looks the part for sure, make up artist deserves an award just for his make up alone. Now you enter DeadShot(Will Smith) who basically takes point for the group because they are leveraging him with his daughter, he needs this job to get done. Then you have your few Anti- Superheroes that help with the story slightly but are almost side notes, like Boomerang(Jai Courtney) who fights a little but is there mostly as comic relief, and Katana( Karen Fukuhara) who's personal vengeance is already there she killed the man that killed her husband and trapped his soul in her sword, I know you just have to go see it. So as you can see it's a cast of many characters some of which I didn't even list here, but I can't leave out The Enchantress(Cara Delevingne) her character was actually visually stunning, the CGI and make up work for her was superb, she is basically the whole reason for the film taking over the body of a human, she is an ancient God who is frustrated and wants to destroy humanity and releases her brother unto the world, thus setting up the need for the Suicide Squad. Written and directed by David Ayer, who's no stranger to writing with the likes of Training Day,Street Kings, and Fury staring Brad Pitt which I thought was a great film, overall I gave this film an 8/10, it's not a 7 and there are few things I would have changed to give it a 9, hell with a few good tweaks this film had the potential to be a 10, but I'll save that for the stand alone Harlequin film.