Super Hero Version of The Dirty Dozen

Rating: 8/10 (5 August 2016)

I saw "Suicide Squad", starring Will Smith-Focus, the Bad Boys movies, and #3 is coming in 2017 & #4 in 2019; Margot Robbie-The Legend of Tarzan, Focus; Viola Davis-How to Get Away With Murder_tv, Madea Goes to Jail; Cara Delevingne-Paper Towns, Anna Karenina and Jared Leto-Dallas Buyers Club, Fight Club.
This is based on a comic book but one that is not as well known as say, Batman or Superman. At least it used to be but it has gotten popular again in the last few years due to Harley Quinn-in fact, the comics just came out this week with a brand new first issue in a new series. For those unfamiliar with the books, a secret government agency uses incarcerated super villains on black ops missions in exchange for reduced time on their prison sentences. Think of it as a super hero version of the Dirty Dozen. Viola plays the government boss known as Amanda Waller. The Suicide Squad is also known as Task Force X. Super humans are called meta-humans and the basic idea is to use meta-humans to fight other meta-humans. Will plays Deadshot, an assassin who never misses a shot, hence his name. Margot plays Harley Quinn, former psychiatrist to inmates that became the Joker's girlfriend. Cara plays the Enchantress, a magical witch and Jared is the Joker. Cara & Jared are not really members of the team; Cara is a failed recruit that goes bad and becomes the main bad guy the Squad has to try to stop and Jared spends most of his time trying to rescue Margot from the clutches of the trying-to-be-good team. You may wonder how Viola can keep the villains in check, why don't they just make a break for it on a mission. Well, Viola has planted tiny-but powerful-explosives in their brains, and yes, one of the team members finds out that she is not bluffing when his brains are scattered all over the pavement. There are two DC heroes that have cameos; one that you probably saw in the trailers and the other is a future JLA member that was glimpsed in the earlier Batman vs Superman movie. They used some classic rock songs in the soundtrack. I remember hearing songs by Norman Greenbaum, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queen and Black Sabbath. As the end credits start, there is a scene that is a direct set up for the future JLA movie but nothing is at the very end. It's rated "PG-13" for violence, action, disturbing behavior and language and has a running time of 2 hours & 3 minutes. I really enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.