Suicide Squad

DC Comics films have had some issues in the past, especially since the Green Lantern film bombed at the box office, and upset fans of DC Comic books. To try and gain respect to the fans, and get fans to be pleased, we were going to get some surprising news, with the announcement of a certain project. Spring of 2016 became very important for many comic book fans worldwide. This was the time when Superman V Batman: Dawn Of Justice was going to be released in cinemas worldwide. But the long journey to the premiere have been filled with drama. A lot of fans of comic books, and the superhero films, questioned how they could cast Ben Affleck as Batman. This was something a lot of people were not happy about, but of course they still wanted to see the film. I was confused at the time, could Ben Affleck do a great performance as Batman, considering it is a very hard role to do ? Most of all i was confused of the choice of Lex Luthor, the role was given to Jesse Eisenberg. My first reaction was, what the hell ? You always want to give a film a chance, and should not judge it unless you have seen it. As the cast showed up at Comic Con, to talk about the film, and discuss the combination of Batman and Superman in the same film, i think people got curious after all to see if this would work. Director Zack Snyder did manage to make Man Of Steel a good superhero action film, so why would he not make it this time again ? As the trailer was shown for the first time, i remember the confused fans looking at each other. Was this going to work ? As the film finally landed in theatres, critics were upset, fans were upset, while some were pleased. I was somewhere in the middle of all of this. Most of all i did not like the way Zack Snyder tried to mix the combination of Superman and Batman, and not giving us the epic battles he promised. Some scenes look ok, but that´s it ? I was mostly upset of why Jesse Eisenberg was Lex Luthor. Who ever thought this was a great idea should have been fired, it was all wrong. Remember how good Gene Hackman were in the Superman films from 1978 and 1980 ? He was Lex Luthor, and always will be. Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice failed to give us what we deserved, a film that could bring the legacy of 2 major comic book characters to a new level of cinema experience. I will say that Ben Affleck was not terrible as Batman, so that was at least something positive. After all the negative reviews, and people were upset of the film, it seemed like DC Comics would not dare to give another film a chance. But the news of Suicide Squad have been out there for sometime, and this was a project people actually were happy about. When the first images came out from the set, and a first trailer, the fans went wild. This actually looked like it could be really good from the DC Comics universe.The cast also looked great, so we had something more to be positive about. As the film finally got released in august, i had to see it in the premiere week, really excited to see if this could be the film we all hoped for. Is this film version of Suicide Squad a worthy adaptation of these crazy comic book characters, or does it fail completely to give the fans what they deserve ?

After the tragic death of Superman ( Henry Cavill ), intelligence operative Amanda Waller ( Viola Davis ) is forced to put togther a team of criminals, locked up at Belle Reve Prison. The team is named Task Force X, and the criminals chosen to be a part of this team is Deadshot ( Will Smith ), Harley Quinn ( Margot Robbie ), Boomerang ( Jai Courtney ), Diablo ( Jay Henrnandez ), Killer Croc ( Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ) and Slipknot ( Adam Beach ). Their mission is to stop Dr. June Moore ( Cara Delevingne ), who was possessed by an ancient evil, and turned into Enchantress. She is ready to revenge everyone for being imprisoned. Task Force X is going to be send into a battle zone, clean up, under the orders of Colonel Rick Flag ( Joel Kinnaman ). Every criminal in the team have a nano bomb inplanted in their heads, so if they try and run away, they will be killed. Knowing that they have to complete this mission, they agree to do this. But Harey Quinn have other plans, her boyfriend The Joker ( Jared Leto ) is going to get her out of here, somehow. Time is running out, and Enchantress is ready to destroy humanity, unless this team can find a way to work together.

I was one of the people who were actually looking forward to see Suicide Squad. And i have to say, after seeing this film, i feel divided into two parts. This is an improvement from Batman V Superman, no doubt about that. But considering we have so many great comic book characters here, i feel that we should have had more of everything served to the fans. This does not mean that Suicide Squad is a bad film, and i will try and explain why it works ( when it does ). The characters Deadshot, played by Will Smith, is one of the coolest characters of this film. Will Smith manage to make this character the way he does, combining fighting and dialogue. Harley Quinn, played by Margot Robbie, is without a doubt the strongest character in Suicide Squad. Her evil look, while she loves to go crazy, is exactly what this film needed. The other characters have some charm in there as well, but some of them don´t really get a chance to show their abilities, since there are other things going on around them. Since we have so many bad characters, i would have wanted to see them be even more insane, and turned up the volume on insanity. The action scenes works for the most part, and when it does get violent, you can´t complain, especially when Harley Quinn is kicking ass. Jared Leto as The Joker does have a few good moments, but with an actor that made fantastic performances, as in Dallas Buyers Club, not get the chance to really shine, we have a problem. Since we all remember the amazing performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight, i think most of us were hoping that Jared Leto would give us something unexpected, and thrilling with this iconic comic book character. The scenes where he does deliver, is the ones with dialogue, but they are not as many as we would hope for. If you know these comic book characters from the comic books, and if you enjoyed the previous Batman films, you might find yourself confused. Batman shows up here as well, again played by Ben Affleck. I can´t complain about his performance, but he is here for such a short moment, you will most likely forget that he was here. The story where Deadshot is faced to meet Batman, is very short, and quickly moves on. So the film basically needs the main story to work, with the Suicide Squad. In some ways it does, but not strong enough. Director David Ayer is perhaps known for his films Harsh Times and End Of Watch, where he portrait a realistic life in society. Suicide Squad is a completely different genre, but i will say that he does find a certain tone of the comic book characters. I also enjoy his vision of the team, even if it could have been more developed. Suicide Squad is not as good as i was hoping for. Still, from a comic book perspective, with so many characters brought together, i had a good time watching this film for what it is. Let´s be honest though, without Margot Robbie, we would not have enjoyed ourselves as much as we do now. I read she is getting her own Harley Quinn film, sounds fantastic. But please, cast Dolph Lundgren in one of the roles, he deserves to be in this film.

Rating: DDD