Suicide Squad(2016)
An American intelligence operative, presuming they are all disposable, chooses to put together a squad of deadly, imprisoned supervillains for a classified assignment. Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), Captain Boomerang, Killer Croc, and other heinous prisoners must now learn to collaborate with the government's arsenal. The diabolical Joker (Jared Leto) initiates his own wicked plan as the criminals band together in Task Force X to fight an enigmatic and formidable adversary.
Release date: August 12, 2016 (Pakistan)
Director: David Ayer
Featured song: Heathens
Based on: Suicide Squad; by John Ostrander
Box office: 746.8 million USD
Review:
Suicide Squad (2016) Reviewed in The Neon-Soaked Train Wreck
Suicide Squad (2016) is unadulterated id if film businesses had id, ego, and superego. The movie is a cry for attention, brimming with Hot Topic style and powered by a score that cost more than the whole budget of the majority of independent movies. It promised to be the gritty, street-level antidote to the operatic solemnity of Batman v Superman, under the direction of David Ayer. Instead, we ended up with a captivating, irritating, and chaotic jumble of amazing moments held together by studio anxiety.
The pitch: The Dirty Dozen with tattoos
The premise is unquestionably enticing. The U.S. administration opts for an insurance coverage in a world that has just become conscious of Superman. Amanda Waller (Viola Davis), a bureaucrat who is so callous that she makes the bad guys seem like choir boys, enters the picture. Her strategy? Create "Task Force X," a throwaway squad of imprisoned meta-humans, to engage in combat that conventional troops are unable to.
The film's best moment is the setup. Each character is introduced with a flashy, music video-style presentation that features neon data and graffiti text. While on a sugar rush, it feels like reading a comic book.
The Squad: Charisma and Chaos
The film's heartbeat is found in the cast's chemistry, which is what gives it its life and death.
Margot Robbie portrayed Harley Quinn as a cultural icon, not merely as a character. Her portrayal of the character strikes a balance between tragic vulnerability and terrifying, unpredictable mania. She is the glue that binds the film's varied tones together, wielding her baseball bat with a joyful lack of concern for science or ethics.
Deadshot (Will Smith): Floyd Lawton is portrayed by Smith with his typical movie star appeal. In the asylum, he serves as the "straight man," giving the film's emotional base via the "doing it for my daughter" cliché. It's typical food, but Smith sells it.
The elephant in the room is the Joker (Jared Leto). The Joker in Leto is a controversial, tattooed gangster who wears grills. He acts more as a disruptive plot device—a force of nature attempting to reclaim—than as a personality. Harley. His screen time is strangely restricted, giving us a performance that seems like a compilation of removed scenes.
The Others: El Diablo (Jay Hernandez), a pacifist gangster with fire powers, has an unexpectedly moving redemption storyline. Jai Courtney's portrayal of Captain Boomerang is a wonderful bit of humorous respite. And then there's Slipknot, whose only goal in the movie is to prove that the deadly neck bombs are real (a classic "red shirt" moment).
The Sky Beam: The Villain Issue
The movie's weak point is the bad guy. The Enchantress (Cara Delevingne) begins as a terrifying, horror film-like possession notion but ends up being a generic CGI figure dancing in front of a massive blue sky beam.
Contrasting the "bad guys" fighting dirty in the streets against a worldwide magical apocalypse seemed like a tonal contradiction for a movie about them. The absurdity of the power scaling is demonstrated when Harley Quinn is seen using a wooden bat to strike a mythical ancient god.
The Jukebox Overload: The Music and Aesthetics
It seems as though the movie was submerged in a bath of dirt and neon paint. It's aesthetically unique—dark, humid, and gleaming with sickly greens and purples.
The music and editing come next. As is well known, the movie went through several edits (one of which was made by a trailer firm), and it shows. The music never stops. The needle drop occurs every three minutes in Bohemian Rhapsody, Sympathy for the Devil, Without Me, and House of the Rising Sun. Although it makes you want to tap your toes, the movie frequently seems afraid of silence, using traditional rock music to fill in the gaps in the plot.
The Verdict
The 2016 film Suicide Squad is a wonderful shambles. The film's editing, which seems like it was done in a blender, along with a muddled story and a weak antagonist, are its flaws. Still, it's strangely engaging.
The cast's sheer force of character keeps it going. Viola Davis's frightening Amanda Waller and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn are worth the price of admission on their own. Despite its major identity crisis, which sees it attempting to be a grim war film, a hilarious cast comedy, and a superhero epic all in one, the movie never loses your interest. It's a lot of loud, silly, vibrant fun if you don't pay too much attention to the seams.
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) — A guilty pleasure with flaws that places fashion above content.
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