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Film Review: Suicide Squad
By Rouén Robinson
Aug 6, 2016 - 4:11:59 PM


Justice Has A Bad Side...

A high ranking government official has assembled a team of the the most dangerous incarcerated skilled criminals and equipped them with the best arsenal at the government’s disposal to take on an enigmatic powerful being. With nothing to lose and everything to gain they go on the mission where they have to decide if they must fight as everyone for themselves or a cohesive team to survive.

Amanda Waller is a tough U.S. intelligence officer who has been secretly collecting a cadre of imprisoned supervillains for Task Force X to fight off preternatural threats by insuperable entities. Floyd Lawton is the expert marksman and assassin known as Deadshot who is conflicted by his joy of the hunt while still looking out for his daughter after being forced into Task Force X. Dr. Harleen Quinzel is the former Arkham Asylum psychiatrist and current crazed supervillain known as Harley Quinn who is an ally of The Joker and biding her time with Task Force X until they are reunited. Dr. June Moone is the archaeologist in a relationship with the field leader of Task Force X, Col. Rick Flag and possessed by the sorceress Enchantress who is looking to team with her brother Incubus to destroy humanity.

Suicide Squad was a fun romp through the DC Comics Extended Universe that reminds us how exciting a comic book movie can be. The comparison to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is unavoidable especially to Guardians of the Galaxy, but it does a good job of forming its own identity. This is another example of an Alpha film where almost everyone starring in it has been the star of a television series or theatrical movie at some point in their career. Most of the cast does a great job as expected with Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis and Jared Leto doing some stellar work, Jai Courtney, Jay Hernandez, Joel Kinnaman and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje giving solid performances and Cara Delevinge being the weakest link in the ensemble. David Ayer does a fabulous job directing this film but I feel that the editing by John Gilroy started to get choppy by the third act. What we get is a crowd-pleaser that plays like a 2 hour sizzle reel instead of a masterfully connected motion picture powerhouse and that is the best Warner Bros. has given us so far.

I rate this movie a 4 out of 5.

P.S.
There is a mid-credit scene with a certain Gotham City industrialist that hints at the formation of a certain league of superpowered heroes in the planning stages.


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Rouén Robinson has been an avid moviegoer since childhood and has been critiquing motion pictures for almost a decade. He has been a film critic for The Cinemas on Tempo and was a judge for F LIFF On Location: Grand Bahama Island, an off shoot of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF). Rouén lives in Grand Bahama and can be reached at redr1976@icloud.com and on Twitter @thereelrouen

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