Suicide Squad works the genre of misfit missions made famous by The Dirty Dozen and The Expendables. Viola Davis plays a Government official who puts together this team of “meta-humans” who have “powers.” Will Smith plays Deadshot (an assassin who never misses). The Big Attraction in this movie is Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn: the Joker’s psychopathic girl friend. There are assorted other characters but they’re just filler. The Suicide Squad is given an impossible rescue mission. Their opponent is a supremely powerful being from another dimension called “The Enchantress.” The Suicide Squad’s battle with the Enchantress is the most boring confrontation in recent memory. Dull and tedious. For example, the powerful Enchantress (who could just turn the Suicide Squad into stone) decides to fight them with swords. Not magic swords…just swords. The Suicide Squad bored me and I’ll bet it will bore you. Skip it. GRADE: C-
Margot Robbie, si! Will Smith, no! All the reviews I’ve read or heard say there’s no story! I’ll pass!
Bob, I loved Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. You can play the Joker better than Jared Leto did.
They compared the fight with The Enchantress to GHOSTBUSTERS 2.
Pass.
Jeff, both the GHOSTBUSTERS 2 battle and the SUICIDE SQUAD battle were exercises in tedium. The directors of this film need to watch the Airport battle in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR to learn how to do movie combat.
With the awful reviews, I’m surprised you went to see it, George. DC has some great characters, but they seem to have a very difficult time making a good film with them.
Rick, I bought my ticket over a week ago before the bad reviews appeared. SUICIDE SQUAD was a complete waste of my time and money!
Too many cooks spoiled the broth. (As an example, they used about every editor in Hollywood.) Also, they evidently rushed this one to get it out on time while, at the same time, trying to induce a bit of DEADPOOL into it. Because DEADPOOL made money, forcing a bit of DEADPOOL vibe into the flick is a sure-fire winner, right?
I love watching bad flicks, but I’m waiting until it’s on Netflix, thank you.
Jerry, SUICIDE SQUAD is bad, bad, bad. It will make a lot of money because there’s no competition for it right now. And, they’ve hyped SUICIDE SQUAD online for a year now.
The reviews put me off. Although they did not put me off BAD MOMS, which they should have.
Patti, SUICIDE SQUAD is trending around 20% on ROTTEN TOMATOES. That’s generous.
i had never heard of suicide squad before the hype for this movie I’ll maybe catch it on netflix
Maggie, most of the audience I saw SUICIDE SQUAD with was disappointed in the movie. There were a few “boos” when the film ended.
I was excited to see Suicide Squad based on the awesome trailers – just like Pan. Then the bad reviews followed.
I think we’ll see Bad Moms tonight instead.
Beth, Patti saw BAD MOMS. It has to be better than the disappointing SUICIDE SQUAD (which made a ton of money over the weekend!).