Doesn't live up to the hype

Rating: 4/10 (7 March 2018)

Suicide Squad has been highly anticipated for several years leading up to its release. There's a lot and nothing going on at seemingly the same time. The first 20 minutes of the film felt like it was written by an amateur and forgets the one basic tenant of filmmaking, show, don't tell. Every character is introduced via Amanda Waller's (Viola Davis) voice over telling the audience the who, what, when and why in vignette form, complete with it's own soundtrack moment. It was paint by the numbers and painful to sit through. Firstly put she was miscast and the lengthy introduction by her was awful.
The film has decent visuals and is wonderful to look at but the story and overall plot were lacking. It was basic and generic and we have seen similar storylines before. Jared Leto as the Joker is more of a background supporting character, instead of a straight lead, as advertised in the trailers and his high billing. Suicide Squad isn't completely terrible, just disappointing considering its success and its hype leading up to it. Perhaps the film is better on multiple viewings?