"Suicide Squad" is about interesting (and, surprisingly, likable characters) looking for a good script. Certainly the one they ended up with should have been better. The premise is good: take the biggest, baddest villains in the DC Comics universe and assemble them on a team whose sole purpose is to save the world from super powerful creatures that normal armed forces can't defeat. Unfortunately, the screenplay is a mix of overcooked action sequences (with an overly loud musical score) and incoherent plot development. Although I'm not that familiar with the Suicide Squad comic universe, I'm sure they could have found a better villain to kick off this series than The Enchantress because the climatic battle at the end is mind-numbingly dumb. The high points of the movie are the engaging performances of Will Smith and Margot Robbie. But then, Deadshot and Harley Quinn are the only two members of the Squad with somewhat fleshed-out backstories.
"Suicide Squad" has its moments, mainly the first third of the movie when the various characters are being introduced. The Squad is a group of misanthropes and sociopaths brought together by tough-as-nails black ops government agent Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) and her second-in-command, Rick Flag (Joel Kinsman). Their recruits include the hitman who never misses, Deadshot (Will Smith); the psycho girlfriend of The Joker, Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie); the boomerang-wielding Digger Harkness (Jai Courtney); the human torch-inspired El Diablo (Jay Hernandez); the incredibly powerful mutant, Killer Croc (Adele Akinnouye-Agbaje); and the swordsman Katana (Karen Fukuhara). Their target is the evil entity The Enchantress, who has possessed the body of scientist Dr. June Moone (Cara Delevigne) and seeks to recreate a world that will worship her. In the background is The Joker (Jared Leto), too clever and evil to be incarcerated, so he pops up from time-to-time to save his girlfriend and Bruce Wayne/Batman (Ben Affleck), whose longest appearance is during the mid-credits sequence. "Suicide Squad" is loud, busy and, at times, confusing. If you're a fan, you'll probably see it.
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