I wasn't too bothered about seeing Suicide Squad in the cinema, but hoped it would be on the plane or something one day. Well, on the plane it was, and it was an ideal brainless action movie to see.
The best thing about the movie was its soundtrack, full of classic rock tracks, front-loaded by The Animals and the Stones via the likes of Credence Clearwater Revival and Black Sabbath to end with Queen – but with plenty of much more recent tracks when they fit the mood. Otherwise, it was enjoyable in just about every way, but in no way outstanding.
The Suicide Squad is a simple idea - various DC bad guys forced together with a noble cause. Some are better-known than others and the likes of Captain Boomerang aren't exactly big draws. But Killer Croc provides the muscle, Harley the glamour and surprisingly enough, it's Will Smith's Headshot who is the everyman here, the emotional centre, not really being a bad guy despite being a career killer. A kind of Leon figure, if you like.
The problem here is the lack of a real sense of threat. Too much of the film is divided between the hope of the Joker - played superbly by Jared Leto - actually becoming a decent villain, the obvious subplot of the woman running the show being the worst monster and the main Enchantress plot which is just too overblown and lacking in interesting motives to work - not to mention performed with too much ham. Good characters, performances and on-screen chemistry unfortunately didn't hang together with a plot that made me really care, and that was the most important thing.
The best thing about the movie was its soundtrack, full of classic rock tracks, front-loaded by The Animals and the Stones via the likes of Credence Clearwater Revival and Black Sabbath to end with Queen – but with plenty of much more recent tracks when they fit the mood. Otherwise, it was enjoyable in just about every way, but in no way outstanding.
The Suicide Squad is a simple idea - various DC bad guys forced together with a noble cause. Some are better-known than others and the likes of Captain Boomerang aren't exactly big draws. But Killer Croc provides the muscle, Harley the glamour and surprisingly enough, it's Will Smith's Headshot who is the everyman here, the emotional centre, not really being a bad guy despite being a career killer. A kind of Leon figure, if you like.
The problem here is the lack of a real sense of threat. Too much of the film is divided between the hope of the Joker - played superbly by Jared Leto - actually becoming a decent villain, the obvious subplot of the woman running the show being the worst monster and the main Enchantress plot which is just too overblown and lacking in interesting motives to work - not to mention performed with too much ham. Good characters, performances and on-screen chemistry unfortunately didn't hang together with a plot that made me really care, and that was the most important thing.
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