David Ayers' Suicide Squad is a microcosm of all the problems with Hollywood, a film that is so complacent with itself due to its one unique element that it squanders any chance it has to be something different from all the generic hogwash shoved down our throats these days. I can't think of a film that is more poorly put together in recent years than Suicide Squad, a film that lacks pacing to such a mind-numbing degree that I found myself questioning the point of this entire film completely outside of the standard cash-grab culture of Hollywood. Having absolutely no knowledge of the D.C. comic, I found myself intrigued by the idea of a group of psychotic super villains coming to the aid of the U.S. government. The problem is, Suicide Squad is a film that tells you more than it shows you, lacking energy and coherence as a film, meandering along, relying on the audiences kinship to the D.C. brand. The story of this film is flimsy at best, with an incredibly half-baked villain that feels distant from the narrative for almost the entire running time, a shill of a conflict that only becomes a problem because it is stated to the viewer. I haven't seen a major blockbuster in awhile with such a terrible villain, one that is so underdeveloped and really completely undefined. Suicide Act has no peaks and valleys throughout its running time, relying too much on its characters and setup, which unfortunately isn't enough. Will Smith as Deadshot and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn do their best to give the film energy, but unfortunately the story from top to bottom never feels captivating in the slightest. It's a shame because Suicide Squard feels like a film that wants to be a stripped down, lean, action adventure, yet it never materializes, succumbing to the arrogance of a story that thinks it can skate by on its anti-hero, punk rock attitude. Everything in this film is unnecessarily muddled, with characters that never feel developed regardless of the film's thinly veiled attempts, and a conflict that feels completely tacked on. The only aspect of Suicide Squad that stands out is the introductory sequences of the film, which finds the filmmakers profiling each of the villains with a thrilling montage that is unfortunately never matched throughout the rest of the film's running time. Featuring a truly forgettable performance by Jared Leto that feels more like an imitation than a re-imagining, Suicide Squad is an embarrassing effort at times, a film that can't see its interesting premise overcome its many faults.
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