'Dirty Dozen' cartoon garishly coloured in

Rating: 5/10 (11 August 2018)

Despite a good premise - a secret US government project to release the country's imprisoned supervillains to fight an enemy and all the danger of such an initiative - there's just not enough to care about. The tightness of the story set up at he beginning is offset by a clotted storyline that follows. It's a messy production. The characters gleam, and they have different skill sets for oncoming enemies which are amusing, but they have few redeeming features. Every superhero anti-hero film must have a convincing villain to create perspective too and easily toppled walking blackberries and a Disney witch don't cut it in today's marketplace. There's just not enough comedy to make it fun - that's the nub of it. However, the whole thing is saved somewhat by Margot Robbie's perky minx, Harley Quinn, who lit up the screen every time she appeared.