With the popularity of the squad on social media, “Suicide Squad” became the most-anticipated movie of the summer. It did well at the box office with a reported $600 million worldwide, but it did not meet all expectations.
“Suicide Squad” is a live-action comic book movie based in the DC world that unites dangerous, incarcerated villains to create a team called Task Force X. These criminals are labeled by U.S. Intelligence as expendable, and are therefore forced to conduct covert assignments.
Regarding complaints, Jared Leto informed fans that most of his scenes as the Joker did not make the final cut. By cutting these scenes and more, “Suicide Squad” contained random pitfalls and disconnect in both plot and action.
It was also evident that certain members of the squad were developed more than others. Even though each member received a back story, Harley Quinn and Deadshot were vital to the movie and received more individual screen time.
With such an amazing group of actors in this cast, the shortcomings of “Suicide Squad” can be focused on the editing and writing of this movie. For example, a member of the squad sacrifices their life because they are all “family,” yet it seemed like the squad members did not even like each other.
Despite this, the effects used were next-level and helped to make up for the inadequacies of the movie. Though it did not meet all expectations, it was still worth watching and definitely sets the ground work for additional movies and spinoffs.
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