Sacrificed darkness for comedy, and it really softened the bad guys to the point where they all seemed like the good guys.

Rating: 7/10 (30 August 2016)

"In a world of flying men and monsters this is the only way to protect the country." After the death of Superman Metropolis is struggling with finding someone who will protect them from the new superhuman threats. When Amanda Walker (Davis) comes up with an idea to offer criminals the chance to join the fight no one is sure this is a good idea, including the unstable cast of villains recruited. When they see what they are up against even Harley Quinn (Robbie) and Deadshot (Smith) find it difficult to say no. I have said for a long time now that I am tiring of comic book movies. I really liked Batman v Superman though because of how dark it wasand with that in mind I thought this could only go darker. When I head about the reshoots to make it funnier I got a little worried, and after watching it I realized my worries were well founded. I'm not saying this was a bad movie, but it tried too hard to be a Marvel movie. By that I mean it sacrificed darkness for comedy, and it really softened the bad guys to the point where they all seemed like they could team up with the Justice League and not have any animosity. To me that hurt the whole idea of the movie. Robbie and Smith were great in this but Leto, to me, was a little disappointing, but that's not his fault. It would be impossible for anyone to follow Heath Ledger. Overall, not a bad movie at all, just a little disappointing. To me the comedy hurt the movie. I give this a B.