It Has Some Fun Moments and Some Solid Performances, but It's Still a Pretty Weak Movie Overall

Rating: 5/10 (9 July 2017)

I saw the premiere of this movie with some friends last year. We had fun watching it and we liked it. However, after rewatching it on X-Finity and reevaluating it, the movie isn't really that good. There are some things in it to keep you entertained, but it is still another weak film from the DCEU.
I liked Will Smith as Deadshot. This is an unusual thing for Smith to play an assassin, but he pulled it off well, and his character was pretty interesting. I also liked Harley Quinn. This was the first time the character was adapted to live action, and Margot Robbie was convincing in the role.
There were also some pretty good action sequences and the film did get a few laughs out of me.
Sadly, all the other villains on the team were considerably less interesting and didn't get enough character development to really get behind them. The interactions between the villains were pretty forced for the most part.
Jared Leto was pretty good as The Joker, but he was wasted because he was barely in the movie at all.
The story was very weak and the pacing could have been a lot better. Also bad is the depressingly murky color palette. Some bright colors in the film couldn't hurt, you know!
A lot of people think that this is even worse than "Batman v. Superman," but I disagree. I enjoyed it more than that film because at least this film is fairly entertaining at times and had a few good performances. However, this is still a mostly unsuccessful effort from the DCEU. Thankfully, things would get much better with the next DCEU film, "Wonder Woman."
RATING: C