Synopsis as found on http://www.suicidesquad.com/ 'A DC comics Anti Superhero film'
"It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity."
I was intrigued from the highly colourful and kitch trailer as to what the emotional theme of this film may be...I thought it would be a funky comic style presentation of superhero characters...
So when the first twenty minutes packed a pretty impressive punch, in tempo and editing and the lighting and characterisation was similar in style to 'Clockwork Orange' and I thought this was about to develop into a fast paced dark twisted version of 'X-Men'.
Nope.
After a great start in Act I, with excellent editing and action packed squad assembly, the storyline became rapidly flimsy...the 'mission' was actually caused by the government, so a own goal.. I didn't see where the 'event' was in Act 1 and couldn't really detect any significant change in the protagonists...in fact,I was confused as to who the actual protagonists were, the antagonist (ally opponent) Amanda Waller didn't really amount to much and the remaining obstacles/antagonists (mainly soldiers made from what looked like lumpy cavier glass) were monontonous and repetitive, Other than 'El Diablo' who had flame thrower hands, I wouldn't say that deranged obsessions, good marksmanship, sword fighting, swimming underwater and good occasional use of a boomerang, qualify as superhero or anti-superhero outstanding characteristics...
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