Suicide Squad

O.K. So today I came back from my 2nd trip to London and while I was there, I went to the cinema and saw Suicide Squad in the cinema while my dad and brother went to see something else. And Suicide Squad is the 3rd instalment of the DC Extended Universe. And I was actually excited for this movie which I find to be kinda surprising because this was actually my least most anticipated movie of this year as you know but as I saw more stuff for this, I actually got more and more excited and on Sunday I finally saw it. And once again, I will be talking about the whole story so if you haven't seen it yet and you want to, go see it and then read this. You've been warned. What's the story? It starts off in a prison where a criminal named Deadshot, played by Will Smith, is training inside his cell. We also meet other criminals like Harley Quinn, played by Margot Robbie, El Diablo, played by Jay Hernandez, Killer Croc, played by Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Captain Boomerang, played by Jai Courtney and some others. We then also meet a woman named Amanda Waller, played by Viola Davis, who wants to use these criminals to fight evil because she doesn't trust people like Batman or Superman or Wonder Woman and with that we actually get some backstories on some of these criminals like Deadshot. Apparently Deadshot himself is a mercenary who kills for money and he has a daughter who he really loves and one night when he was out with her, Batman attacked him and as Deadshot was about to kill him, his daughter stepped in front of Batman to stop Deadshot from doing that and so he surrendered and Batman brought him in. And with Harley, she was originally a doctor who was trying to help the Joker, played by Jared Leto, but he actually began to win her over and make her fall in love with him and one night they went off together after being in a casino, also Harley looks different, and Batman stopped them too. The Joker got away but he managed to catch Harley, and I have to say, something he does to her is just weird. Just plainly weird. And we also see the Flash. Yeah, Ezra Miller, who's going to play the Flash in Justice League pops up for a few seconds and stops a criminal in that armoured Flash suit we saw in the Justice League trailer. Anyway, Amada begins to get the criminals together and tell them that she wants them to do some stuff for her. She also reveals another character named Enchantress, who is actually the villain. One night, she tries to steal back her heart that Amada has that she's using to torcher her but she fails and instead goes somewhere and frees her brother and the 2 of them begin to wreck havoc all over the city and now Amada wants the criminals to stop them, especially since Enchantress's brother stole back her heart and put it in her and now she looks different. They begin to get ready and they head out. They begin to go through the city and one of the members of the Suicide Squad dies. Also there's a new member named Katana, which is kinda weird to me because I actually named a Daniel Danger villain that a few years ago. Anyway, they reach a building and it turns out Amada is there and the Squad is surprised about that and Amada kills all her staff members because I guess she said they didn't have authorisation to know something so she killed them all and they all begin to head towards the portal that Enchantress is making. While there, Joker even shows up to take Harley away. They begin to fly off but then some helicopter shows up and shoots them down, Harley jumps out and watches and it explodes with Joker still inside it. Amanda gets in the second helicopter and flies off but it's then shot down and she's taken away by Enchantress's goons. The Squad doesn't want to do this anymore and go into a bar and Harley joins them. They begin to talk and Rick Flag, who's the commander of this whole thing and their second boss gives Deadshot some letters that his daughter wrote to him. He agrees to do it again to prove to his daughter that he is a hero and the rest of the Squad follow him. They go to the place where Enchantress and her brother are and they begin to fight and they also retrieve a bomb under them that they use to kill her brother which also kills El Diablo. Harley manages to beat Enchantress and as Killer Croc throws another bomb at the portal and Deadshot aims to shoot it, Enchantress shows a vision in front of him about his daughter saying to not do it and that it's the only way for them to be together but then he shoots it and destroys the whole thing. Flag then kills Enchantress by crushing her heart and the ending of the movie is showing them back in prison and Deadshot visiting his daughter. However, with Harley, Joker shows up with some of his men and breaks her out. And the mid-credit scene is actually Bruce Wayne and Amanda talking in a restaurant and her giving him a file of the other Justice League members like Flash, Cyborg and Aquaman. And, yeah. That's the story. So lets go over the problems first. Yeah, this is another DC Extended Universe that has quite a lot of problems. And the 3rd DC Extended Universe that is really divisive. My first and biggest problem with the movie is the editing. I will say that the editing in this is really off. And usually I don't either care about that or don't pay attention to it. But here, it is very noticeable that the editing is off and strange. Especially in the beginning. You can tell that something is not right with this editing. Another problem I have is something to do with Deadshot. I really wish he kept his white mask on a lot more because I thought it looked awesome in the film. This is what he looked like with the mask on.

And that looked really awesome but he only wears it for a couple of scenes for a couple of seconds. And I also didn't like how the Joker was in the movie for about say 15 minutes. I wanted a lot more of him. Hopefully when the new solo Batman movie comes out, they can do a lot more with him. And I also didn't think Enchantress was a good villain. She was kinda boring and the way she dies wasn't creative. And some of the Squad members were really underused like Killer Croc, Captain Boomerang, Katana and a few others. But now let's get to the positives. Firstly, the best part is the action in my opinion. It's really good. And I liked the cast. Especially Will Smith as Deadshot. He was really likable and sympathetic and you did care about. Margot Robby was pretty cool as Harley Quinn and since Harley Quinn was created in the original animated Batman show from the 90's, she does seem a bit cartoony but I kinda enjoyed that and I think she did it pretty good. I will also say that I was able to predict that Joker was not dead. After the explosion in the helicopter I was able to tell that he was still alive because we've seen him die like that before in the animated series but it turns out he was actually fine. I was able to tell that with this even though I haven't watched much of it but I do know a lot of things from it. And it was great to see Ben Affleck back as Batman. He isn't in the movie very long but he's awesome in the time he is and I love seeing him as this character. And I also thought that Viola Davis was really threatening as Amanda Waller. Which is really good. I remember Amanda being a really big love to hate character in the Justice League animated series and she was kinda like that here. And there were quite a good few jokes that were pretty funny here. And I did like the mid credit scene. Now we know how Bruce finds the other Justice League members. So before I finish, I'll just give you my last thoughts. Overall, I didn't hate this. I was entertained pretty much the whole time and I enjoyed a lot of parts but there were also again a lot of problems. But I would still recommend this. It's pretty fun and it's good to see this if you're a fan of this DC Extended Universe and you're watching them. If you were to ask me what I'd give it, I'd probably go with a 7/10 and I still found it fun. I would recommend it. Thank you all for reading and please comment down below.