A great fun comic book film

Rating: 6/10 (6 August 2016)

This film has been getting mixed reviews to say the least and I have now seen suicide squad and I really enjoyed it. The premise of the film sees a group of super villains assembled by the U.S. government to take down a supernatural entity. When will smith was cast as deadshot not everybody was happy but I can tell you that he is fantastic in this film. He managed to bring the extra layer of complexity needed for the character but also the charisma and humour that you would expect from will smith. Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn was born to play the role, she fits it so well. She is clearly crazy but also so charming and charismatic that you want to see more of her. She is beautiful and funny and alongside deadshot is probably the best thing in this film. Viola Davis plays Amanda Waller in this film and she is great, she truly nails the harshness of the character and how morally grey she is. Joel kinnamin plays rick flagg and I actually thought he did a good job with his character definitely developing throughout the film. The real surprises of the film were the characters of el diablo and captain boomerang played by jai Courtney. First of all el diablo is one of the most interesting characters in the film and I liked his powers. I am not a huge fan of Courtney as an actor but I thought he was the perfect choice for boomerang in this film, he brought the snarky fun that his kind of ridiculous character merits and I thought he was great. And finally to Jared leto as the joker, I thought he was great in the film and delivered a different but fun performance. Its just he wasn't in the film anywhere near enough and he felt incredibly underutilised. The story has some decent character depth involved as these villains try to atone for some of their sins. However, the plot is just paper thin and incredibly bland with there not being much uniqueness to the storytelling here. The script has some really great humour easily the best of the dc extended universe films. But it also knows how to use dramatic moments to make you care about the majority of the characters. The style of the film has some good action scenes especially with the unique weapons used by the squad. However, the film has clear paving issues by finding it hard to introduce everybody and keep the film cool. The awful cgi really cheapons the villain plot as well. Overall I really enjoyed suicide squad and it is definitely worth a watch.