Better than the previous DC movies, but still short of good

Rating: 6/10 (7 August 2016)

I was expecting awesomeness for about 10 minutes of this movie. It starts with an exciting bang, but it starts to get muddled, reportedly due to many re-shoots and edits. Then you start to realize you're mostly going to get pretty CGI.
The film has no heart. There's a scene where one of the members refers to the Suicide Squad as "family", but that's the moment when I said to myself, we were never shown what makes these people feel like family. It's as empty as that Batman V Superman moment when Superman and Batman are suddenly friends because they realize their moms share the same first name.
Marvel had another breakaway cult hit called "Guardians of the Galaxy", and DC rushed to have one just like it, and they fell short of a James Gunn thrill ride with living, beating heart.
It's not bad, but it doesn't rise to "good".
On the technical side, I see no reason to pay for 3D or IMAX. The 3D post processing is minimal and not convincing, and there are no must-see moments in IMAX.