"Suicide Squad" 2016

There is absolutely nothing wrong in “Suicide Squad” that you don’t see in any other “superhero” movie. In fact, EVERYTHING you loved about shit like “Deadpool” is what you’ll hate in this movie. Why? I’ve no clue. Other than you wish they would be more terrible villains. Or be more irreverent (which they are). Or maybe you're just a spineless sheep that can't stand up to people who steamroll you over this shit.

The tricky thing about rooting for the bad guy is that there has to be something redeeming. Can you imagine an entire movie where the “bad guys” ARE the hero? What constitutes them being “bad”? They certainly can’t filet a child and expect for you to be on their side.

The biggest criticism I’ve read thus far is that the movie is a mess. Yes and no. It’s a mess in that they chose a wrong bad guy. No spoiler here, but these very human bad guys doing good shouldn’t be able to deal with the supernatural. They do. And unfortunately…it does look silly. Harley Quinn just looks silly trying to take down a spirit with…um…a baseball bat. Some things were left on the chopping block that was in the trailers. And you can tell it was suppose be a longer movie. But it does get bogged down with it’s own hype. For being baddier than bad. For causing deep seeded psychological problems. All a ruse to get you to the theater. It gives you what you want. Margot Robbie, as Harley Quinn’s sweet ass. And yes, her type of crazy is…mind boggling endearing. Fuck The Joker and his pull on her. That’s the unfortunate thing about their relationship. He is that douchebag New Jersey tank top wearing bo-hunk who got the hot cheerleader, and you’re wondering why. According to lore, Harley is much nuttier and dangerous than the Joker. But I digress. Jared Leto’s Joker is…it’s comic booky. He does well with it, but his odd face and posing just seems too theatrical. Maybe that’s what he’s suppose to be from the comics. The stand out to all this is both Will Smith and Viola Davis. Will plays Deadshot, a moral about murder assassin who just wants a life with his daughter. Having her is a liability, but one he’s willing to take. His focus is his freedom. Though very little is said about her well-being in the wake of him being a masterful bad guy locked up (visitation rights for an assassin?) somehow he makes it work. Viola Davis plays Amanda Waller. Not sure her purpose, except to say really crazy things about society and re-structure the justice system to handle a new breed of criminals. Which, incidentally, as this “world” is being destroyed, where the fuck was Batman OR Superman? I suppose you could chalk that up to how they were even back in the old days of the comic books where we wondered where these people were.

I say, check this movie out in a matinee. Director David Ayer is a very eclectic guy. Consider he did a World War 2 tank movie in “Fury” before he hopped to this. And his screenplays for cop movies, like “Training Day” and “Dark Blue” are taut L.A. Crime stories. I did mention that this movie look like it was made by a cholo. That’s not a bad thing, considering the movie going landscape is changing. I think he’s much more prepared for the future than we are.