Suicide Squad Review

Suicide got a lot of bad reviews, and there are certain aspects of the film that force me to agree with that; although it gripped me enough to make me watch it numerous times. The basic story of this movie is as follows: a secret government agency, led by the ruthless, high-ranking official Amanda Waller, recruits some of the most dangerous, incarcerated villains on the planet to execute dangerous black ops missions and save the world from a potentially apocalyptic threat from a mysterious, supernatural entity. If anything goes wrong on this mission, the government will not be liable but rather can place the blame on the villains, who are inherently evil people. A small bomb is implanted in each member of the squad's neck with the capability of detonating any time one of the members tries to rebel or escape. It will be up to this assembled team of villains to prevail over the seemingly impossible events that will unfold before them, in what many deem to be a "suicide mission".

One of the main factors in the making of a truly great comic book movie is the quality of the villain, how about a film in which even the good guys are bad? The most memorable, by no small margin, is Margot Robbie’s minxy troublemaker, Harley Quinn. Will Smith’s Deadshot is also reasonably well defined, though due to either Smith’s inherent likability or the script’s emphasis on Deadshot’s doting relationship with his daughter, it’s easier to accept the humane aspect of his personality than the sociopathic killer. Less well served is Captain Boomerang played by Jai Courtney, who is more a list of Australian cultural cliches than a character. Katana played by Karen Fukuhara is little more than a samurai sword and a grudge. And Killer Croc acted by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje struggles to convey much in the way of personality from under the layers of distracting prosthetic's.

Above is the suicide squad representation of the iconic Joker, played by Jared Leto. The Joker is a supervillain and the archenemy of Batman. He was first introduced in Batman 1940 and has remained consistently popular. The Joker is a master criminal with a clown-like appearance. Initially portrayed as a violent sociopath who murders people for his own amusement, the Joker later in the 1940s began to be written as a goofy trickster-thief. That characterization continued through the late-1950s and 1960s before the character became again depicted as a vicious, calculating, psychopathic killer. The Joker has been responsible for numerous tragedies in Batman's life. This particular modern portrayal of the joker. While no one can blame Warner Bros. for having so much of Suicide Squad‘s marketing campaign focus on The Joker, it’s fair to say that they misled fans when it comes to just how big a role the Clown Prince of Crime has in the movie. The iconic villain has been a big part of almost every trailer and TV spot, while he’s also adorned almost countless magazine covers and posters to boot.