Suicide Squad Review

I just saw Suicide Squad and here I am going to leave my opinion about it; first of all it is a movie that just been released like 4 days ago in my country (Venezuela) by Warner Bros, directed by David Ayer, produced by Richard Suckle and Charles Roven and stared by Will Smith (Deadshot), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang), Jay Hernandez (Diablo), Cara Delevingne (Enchantress) and Jared Leto (Joker) among others.

Just to be clear on something this is my personal opinion and I don’t plan to offend anyone or go against any other opinion, this will be what I thought about Suicide Squad’s movie; leaving that clear, I’ll begin my review:

(Warning: It will contain a few spoilers, I’ll try to keep them at minimum)

I divided Suicide Squad in 3 parts, Intro, Development, Ending (obvious right?), so for me, the Intro was fun at first, but then it got a bit boring, it seemed like it was taking nowhere or taking too much time to get there, which got me worried because if the intro was taking so long and I it was bit boring, so there won’t be enough time for the rest of the movie, but apart from what I said of the Intro, is fun, for people who don’t know much about the DC Universe is good to see something that explains a bit what they are about to watch.

Then it comes the Development, where it all starts to take place, the Squad is sent to fight, so is where you see them in action, where you really get to know them and realize that they are not just a crew of wackos; this part is fun, you can see their powers/abilities, emotions, strengths, weaknesses and of course their characters.

And at last the Ending, where they fight Enchantress, defeat her and leave a proof of a sequel. This part is where you really have fun, you can’t look away from the screen because you’ll lose track of what is happening, most of the action takes place here, shots, explosions, punches, kicks, slashes and action, action, action!

So in overall this movie will leave you satisfied, you will get out of the theater not overwhelmed, but satisfied; is a fun movie, I will like to see it again so I won’t lose any details.

Its creator, the legend in comics John Ostrander said that he liked it, that is was fun, but that it could have been better; that is a way of saying that is an average movie, that it could have been approached differently and reached a higher level, but is not a waste of money and I agree with Mr. Ostrander, is a movie which you can see once, twice and even a third time just to be sure that you didn’t missed any detail, but you won’t put it in your top 3, top 5 or even your top 10 hero movies.

Now, let’s talk a bit about the acting and character development; in general they all were fine delivered, for example:

Will Smith (Deadshot): Great job, he is the main character and appears in most of the scenes not only taking action, but also talking and interacting.

Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn): She makes you see Harley Quinn for the first time in flesh and bone, she really did it, she is funny, beautiful, crazy and above all dangerous. Her performance is great, you can’t take your eyes off her and not just due to her tiny shorts; also she works well with Will Smith, you can see them together in the film Focus.

Viola Davis (Amanda Waller): Will make you hate her, not just because she is a cold hearted b…, but because she can control all this villains not being a saint herself, also she has that all-American type that say that they do anything to keep the US safe, but doesn’t care at all for the citizens, is like a double moral.

Cara Delevingne (Enchantress): She is scary but sexy, you would think twice about getting close to her (nop, I wouldn’t get near her), she is like a character taken out from The Ring or The Conjuring.

Jared Leto (Joker): Well, I, like everyone else, was expecting a lot from this Joker, but it wasn’t as impressive as the one played by Heath Ledger, but since this wasn’t a Batman movie fighting against the Joker, I understand why he didn’t took a lot of screen, but I really hope that in the sequel, we could see more of him, or in the next Batman movie. They didn’t confirmed or denied that this is not the real Joker or if it's actually Jason Todd a.k.a Robin after the real Joker “played” with him, but you can enjoy all his appearances (I think is Jason Todd, because you can see him trying to be like the Joker, not the Joker being himself).

All the other character were fine, they all played their roles very well, you can really see Diablo, Captain Boomerang, Katana, Rick Flag, Slipknot not so much, he dies a few seconds after he appears, most of them did a really great job, but like I keep saying to everyone, don’t let yourself be intimidated by others, go and see it and create your own opinion about it, some people want to see the Joker come out of the screen or that the character be exactly as in the comic or the cartoons, but then they would criticizes it for being too childish or “animated”; what I do expect from the next DC movies is that they go beyond PG-13, not because I want sex scenes in superhero movies, but because this movies need more action, more gore, more madness. I dare to say that none of Marvel or DC recent movies have reached The Watchmen, that movie left the bar so high for any superhero movie.

To conclude my review I’ll just say that I liked it and I would love to see it again, but at home, so I can pause and rewind any time I want.

Here is the link from Suicide Squad official page http://www.suicidesquad.com/ it has a lot of good info and downloadable images and posters.