Suicide Blah

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 2017)

After the disappointing "Batman v Superman", it was hoped "Suicide Squad" would make up for it.
The opening moments are promising: the events of Suicide Squad are linked to the end of BvS and the 'bad guys doing bad things for a good cause' has promise.
Unfortunately, that's where the promise ends.
"Suicide Squad" doesn't learn from BvS's mistakes, overstuffing the film with too many villains and a weak antagonist.
The highlights of the film are Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) and Deadshot (Will Smith); had "Suicide Squad" focused more on them, it would have been better.
The problem with "Suicide Squad" is cramming so many relatively obscure villains in one movie; the necessary backstories are rushed – just enough to give context.
"Suicide Squad" would have been a lot better as a long-form Netflix series, with more time to establish characters and gradually set the stakes for a big finale.
There are some decent cameos from Ben Affleck's Batman and Ezra Miller's The Flash but the humour (apparently inserted after the BvS backlash) feels forced at times.
Hopefully "Suicide Squad 2" can fix the mistakes of the first film.