Based on 640 votes and 149 reviews
Incredibly stupid movie. It would still be a horrible movie even if they didn't cast the pathetic loser Will Smith, but his odious presence sinks this to the bottom of the barrel.
The title is apt as this film self-destructs right at the start and never recovers.
This should not be rated PG-13. If they stuck with R and made a movie with this amount of sexualization and pathological relationship and added bloody scenes with realistic gore, it could be decent movie for adult comic fans. Instead they made version which is too violent and oversexualized for kids and too censored for adult audience. The PG-13 is applied too widely todays and it makes no sense. I wouldn´t recommend it to kids under 17 or 18 but I know they will watch it, which makes me wonder how many of them will be negatively influenced by the disgusting, pathological relationship between Harley Quinn and Joker and how many teenage girls will mimic Harley´s sluttiness, when in fact she is no role model but rather anti-role model and mature people should be able to recognize her as an example how not to behave. But how many 13 years old kids are mature enough for this?
Chaotic mess, many things in the plot don´t make sense. Too many characters, therefore they´re underdeveloped. Harley Quinn is disgusting annoying slut, her clothes make zero sense - or would you fight in high heels and underpants? :D The worst role model for teenage girls who might think she´s cool and her relationship with Joker is worth copying. And why is she even in the squad? She´s only mentally broken girl with no superpowers, no professional military training or anything. Wait, I know why. Because of her sluttiness and ass in front of the camera all the time. If you want to portray female characters this way, rather don´t portray them at all and stick with male characters only. We don´t see males putting their butts in front of the camera all the time, so why females should do that? Katana´s katana entraps the souls of killed enemies...and it´s never seen in the movie what happened to the souls or what is the purpose of them being entrapped, if they give her power of the killed people etc. Nothing.
so cringy
The Joker : I never thought I'd say this in my lifetime, but this film should not have included the Joker. He should have full gotten his own movie or only been in certain scenes. Jared Leto does a great job, and he's definitely a scene stealer. In fact, I could see people leaving this movie thinking he was the best part or the only redeeming quality (Which in my mind is actually Will Smith), but I did enjoy watching the Joker. But his appearances made no sense in the context of the plot and felt fairly forced and random. I was expecting complex schemes from him or maybe an interesting sub plot, but that's not what I got from the movie.
bad movie
Uneven Dynamic of Power: This is a big issue I have with the movie. A lot of the characters seem extremely unnecessary and frankly misplaced, due to the disparity of power between all of them. In Batman V. Superman, people worried about how Batman would stand next to Superman, Wonder Woman and Apocalypse. In Suicide Squad it just felt wrong that a girl with bat and a guy with a boomerang were even within two feet of a guy who can breathe fire and a woman who can tear a hole in the sky. You simply don't believe Harley, for example, is needed in the group, which throws the logic of the film out of wack. Or that her bat can rip apart monsters, when Waller's bullets don't pierce them or Katana's sword. Not sure if this is a popular opinion, but the thought definitely occurred to me.
THERE ARE NO STAKES INVOLVED WHEN YOU'RE FIGHTING MONSTERS MADE OF GOOP: I worried about the antagonists of this movie when I saw the trailers. None of the fight scenes have any real tension or meaning, because of the type of monsters their fighting. Faceless, CGI, magical goop.
Overuse of Music: A little more nit-picky, yet nonetheless something I noticed. Now I'm for every character having a cool theme, and soundtracks are great but... Suicide Squad utilizes loud, distracting, CONSTANT music... over dialogue, over key scenes.... music accompanies everything. Or at least that's what it felt like. Don't get me wrong sometimes it works.
PACING: I think the attempts to flesh out the characters failed also because of the way the movie is paced. It's about 2 hours, yet feels like a 30 minute movie. Scenes jump around quickly and what they do choose to drag out (flashbacks amongst other things) may be fun to watch but is unnecessary.
THE PLOT: The plot was pretty much a mess. This was a common complaint about the Batman V. Superman movie: the plot defied logic and had too much trivial sub-plot due to the amount of characters. Suicide Squad runs into a similar problem. I feel like they compensated logic to simply include scenes that would satisfy comic book fans, however it's at the sake of the film's success as a whole. Nothing is ever explained that you want explained. And somehow the movie is a confusing blend of predictable yet unclear. I found myself constantly asking "Why wouldn't you just do____?"
such a mess
There is nothing in Suicide Squad that shows any hope that an auteur filmmaker can do anything distinctive with the current cash cow of the Hollywood machine: the super hero movie. What Christopher Nolan once made his own has devolved into a predictable pastiche whose charms should be wearing thin on audiences. It doesn't help that the movie is also an example of how bad one of these films can be when it becomes watered down and designed to refrain from shaking up anything in the so-called DC Universe. Suicide Squad, a PG-13 film, was supposed to be DC's entry to rival Marvel's R-rated Deadpool. Even though Deadpool had its own problems as a self-aware action movie, it still had focus and a bravado that is nowhere to be found in Suicide Squad.
Kept me entertained the whole way through!!! Wasn't thrilled with everyones acting in it but oh well..
Batman : Assault on Arkham is much better movie than this. It's directed by Jay Oliva, Ethan Spaulding and written by Bob Kane and Heath Corson. The plot for the live action was weak.
Dc comics hits a home run! What r people smokn everyone is entitled to to their own opinions. Movies r meant to enjoy for entertainment. Who cares what other have to say. I absolutely enjoyed this movie. Great action, sense of humor, cool characters & story line, the cast id amazing. Highly recommend.
wow what a drag, took me 3 installments to finish watching this....terrible story, too many plot holes to mention, the "suicide squad" does nothing a bomb dropped from the sky or a swat team wouldnt have accomplished....terrible movie
I really loved this movie one ov my best especially halley queen
I couldn't believe I did not see this movie so far. It is perfect.
I didn't really know what this movie was about. My daughter dragged me to it. She was in love with Harley Quinn. I really enjoyed the movie but hated the ending with them all being back in jail again. I am purchasing the movie for my daughter for Christmas as she loved it.
Loved this movie. There was a lot of humour in it but also violence and heart. Perfect. I really hope they do a sequel with the same actors. They were all totally believable.
I didn't like this movie. The producers tried too hard on making the characters portrayed their tough image. I didn't like at all the joker. Instead of him being bad he looked pathetic with his gold teeth. All came out to prison to only end up back inside where it all started.
I absolutely LOVE this movie!!! I recommend it to everyone. I'm not a comic book fan and rarely ever watch, let alone enjoy Marvel movies but Suicide Squad is by far my favourite movie of 2016!!! Say whatever you want about Jared Leto playing The Joker cause we're all in titled to our own opinion. I personally think this is the best, craziest, and sexiest Joker yet!!! I see The Joker and Marvel movies in a total different way for the better now :) Plus the love story between The Joker and Harley Quinn is a very well thought out love story that makes me want to watch this film again and again and again. I watched it 2 weeks ago and I've been dying to watch it again but sadly I have to wait over a month to see it again since it isn't out on DVD till December 13th and its already out of theaters :( I'm so sad :'(
I think that Viola Davis' performance as Amanda Waller was the best portrayal of that character to date. It almost makes up for the fact that Jared Leto in this film looks like Miley Cyrus with green hair and all the moisture sucked from her body and his acting is so lame it made me throw up a little. Somewhere, Heath Ledger and Ceser Romero aren't laughing
I liked this movie and would recommend it
This movie sucked very badly. The writers focused on one scene for too long. I thought Joker was going to be in the group with the others. I agree with one viewer that this one is just like the avengers because it was. This is a dvd rental.
I was very excited to see this movie, but was quite disappointed overall. First part of the movie was okay, but quickly became stupid. Don't waste your money.
Like a crap version of Avengers. Joker is in it for about 2 mins. Total terd.
This movie was great from start to finish, for me it lived up to the hype, I liked all the characters, Harley Quinn was Awesome, yes there was not enough Joker for me but I'm not complaining, my hope is there will be a Joker movie in the works, also both Heath Leger & Jared Leto were Great Jokers I cannot compare one to the other as I liked them both and they are very different personalities of the Jokers mind.
I loveeeeee it so much
I love this movie,that's why I'm back to see it.Bringing my son,my nephew,&My brother this time.This movie is awesome.What I dislike is...it just wasn't long enough.Great Movie!
Awesome movie... Funny and lots of action. The three people that made this movie are deadshot, joker and the HOT Harley Quinn
Jared Leto is an amazing Joker! The writers were not great, focused on certain characters too much. Worth it1
Do us a favour and don't make another - this was a stupid movie! From Concussion to Suicide Squad??? Wow - so disappointing!
Loved every minute of this movie, including the soundtrack.
Watched 20 minutes of it on line...waste of 20 minutes
Jared Leto was a terrible joker. Only good character was harley and the writers gave her terrible lines.
Worth seeing different style superheroes. Loved Harley Quinn!
Great movie! Could have used more Joker, and the studio needs to stop interfering with the editing process. Otherwise a fun and entertaining time at the movies.
You know how you go in a movie with high expectations and it turns out garbage, with this movie I went in with very low expectations but it was one of my far most favorite movies of all time
I don't see why the negative reviews. It was straight forward. A few holes in it, but no movie is bulletproof lol. The best parts were the JL cameos. I wish I could say more. Certainly could have been better though.
Amazing characters
Very creative
Awesome
GREAT
VERY FUNNY, IDEA SUPER CREATIVE AND REALLY GOOD CHARACTERS
Best characters i eaver saw!!!!!!!!!!!
A REALLY GREAT MOVIE THE VERY FUNNY
WHORTH IT