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Aug 3, 2016 · In following the misadventures of a group of super villains who are forced to work together to defeat a powerful enemy, “Suicide Squad” is actually trying to be fun, or at least it’s trying to find the mix of daring and cheekiness that made “Deadpool” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” such twisted delights. With a few, rare exceptions ...
Aug 2, 2016 · ‘Suicide Squad’: Film Review. Director David Ayer ('Fury') brings his eagerly awaited DC Comics-based action noir to the screen, with Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto and Viola Davis ...
"Suicide Squad" is a deceptive film with a lame story and terrible director that waste a magnificent cast. Margot Robbie steals the show and Jared Leto makes a creepy The Joker, but it is not enough to save this film.
Suicide Squad: Directed by David Ayer. With Will Smith, Jaime FitzSimons, Ike Barinholtz, Margot Robbie. A secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
- The DCEU strikes out with Task Force Meh.
- Verdict
By Joshua Yehl
Updated: May 2, 2017 5:36 pm
Posted: Aug 2, 2016 4:00 pm
After seeing the trailer showing DC’s most eclectic superbad team throwing out zingy one-liners and doing wild stunts to the tune of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” you’d expect Suicide Squad to be a fun, subversive romp brought to life with neon-laced style. And it certainly is… for the first act of the movie. From there, it loses its zany charm and becomes something familiar, unexciting, and, worst of all, predictable. There are some enjoyable elements, namely certain standout performances from the star-studded cast, but that’s not quite enough to prop up the uninspired plot.
Hard-ass Amanda Waller sees the arrival of Superman as a wake-up call. She uses the fear his power instills to bully the U.S. Government into letting her assemble Task Force X, a group of their worst incarcerated criminals. The intent is to send the team on suicide missions against super-powered threats in exchange for time off their rather lengthy sentences. Thus, the movie enters its best stretch as we cue the stylistic intros for hitman-for-hire Deadshot (Will Smith), violent and Joker-obsessed Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), black-magic witch Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), tatted-up pyro El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), human crocodile Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), and Australian pile of useless Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney).
Even though the film makes no attempt to explain why each member’s skills are valuable, you can see why Deadshot’s unerring aim, Harley’s underworld intel, Croc’s monstrous strength and the rest would be an asset on a mission, but Boomer sticks out as particularly inept. In the comic book by John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell, his antagonistic, scummy personality was a hilarious highlight and he proved himself on the battlefield with his deadly boomerangs, but the movie makes such little use of him it’s a wonder he was included at all.
Suicide Squad is a decidedly different flavor than Batman v Superman. It goes for subversive, funny and stylish, and it succeeds wildly during the first act. But then the movie turns into something predictable and unexciting. It plods on, checking off boxes on a list of cliched moments and meaningless plot points, making you wonder where all the ra...
Aug 5, 2016 · Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super-Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity.
Aug 2, 2016 · Film Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ The Joker and Harley Quinn steal the show in this DC Comics-style riff on 'The Dirty Dozen,' which shares the same bleak view of superheroes as 'Batman v...
