Suicide Squad

Suicide Squad

Rating 6 out of 10

When the fantastic trailer came out for Suicide Squad this became my most anticipated movie of the year.  Don't know that I've ever seen a trailer that made me want to see a movie so much.  Then the terrible reviews came out.  One reviewer called it not the worst movie of the year but close.  This clearly brought my expectations down.  I found this movie to be somewhere between best movie of the year and worst movie of the year.  Good movie.  Not great.

This movie starts after Batman and Superman has their battle.  Superman is no longer with us and the government is looking for someone to protect us when the next bad guy come after us.  Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) works for the government and assembles a crew of the worst of the worst.  Bad guys and gals with special powers.  As bad luck would have it as soon as the squad is assembled one of the ladies with special powers goes rogue and decides to kill everyone on the planet.

The Suicide Squad themselves have lots of promise.  The biggest problem is a movie like this rises and falls with the villain. Here the villain and her gang of weird looking helpers are just goofy.  You never feel like the squad or humanity is in much trouble.

Margot Robbie is great as Harley Quinn.  Will Smith is always good.  Jared Leto is a pretty good Joker.  The movie has some good action scenes.  Some comedy.  I was entertained.  Hoped to be overwhelmed but was just entertained.  I'm hoping Suicide Squad II is much better.