This weeks movie is Suicide Squad, another chance for DC to try and get out of Marvel's long shadow in the Cinematic Universe. Their good vs good with Batman vs Superman did not go over as well as they would have liked, so lets see how their bad vs evil handles the pressure.
The movie starts with us going to a top secret prison and following the guards into a cell where we see Deadshot (played by Will Smith) just beating down on a punching bag made of pillows and sheets. The guard teases him as he hands him his dinner. When the weird mystery dinner is questioned by Deadshot the guard gives a rude comeback. This causes Deadshot to threaten the guard who then takes him using the strength of other guards to torture him.
Next door we come into a large spacious room where we find Harley Quinn (played by Margot Robbie) swinging on tied up sheets in a cage. She starts flirting with the head guard as he has other guards get ready to electrify the cage. He reminds her that she is not to touch the cage bars, she giggles and flirts some more. He gives a signal and the electricity flings her backwards. She gets mad and runs at the bars again, this time getting knocked out cold. He states she is a special kind of crazy.
The story plot started out well with a great introduction to the characters, with promises of wonderful anti-hero moments filled with attitude. Then we get into the action and it almost all fizzled out. The bad villains, even with life threatening reasons to play nice, were just a little too nice. The characters were underused, which leaves us feeling a little unsatisfied with the story line. It was better than Batman vs Superman, but I think the DC cinematic universe needs to look at a better director and/or writers to get out of Marvels long shadow. I almost wish they had tried to go for a higher rating on this movie to bring the story to life.
The acting was done very well in most parts, but in some parts it felt a little bland. I don't even blame the actors for it. For example, you could see hints of genius with Jared Leto's Joker, but he had such little screen play it made it hard to see. Margot Robbie at times seemed to be over playing Harley with her craziness, but then again Harley is an over board character, but after the introduction she seems to fizzle a little bit. I give her props for showing a wide range of emotions when it comes to her. Will Smith did a great job with Deadshot, but again he seems to fizzle out and this is what leads me to think it was probably a combination of the script and editing, not the actors.
Overall, even with the problems with the movie, I think it is heads above the last one DC put out and worth seeing. I think as they grow in the cinematic universe we will see them find the footing they need to make great movies. For this reason I would rate this movie 7.9/10.
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