Not up to expectations. Review on Suicide Squad

“Suicide Squad” is a story of a team of villains is assembled to take down an even bigger villain, thus making them sort-of good guys. The premise is rife for all sorts of devilish fun, since villains, by and large, make more interesting characters than heroes.

And “Suicide Squad” practically bashes viewers over the head with reminders that its leads are villains.

“We’re bad guys, it’s what we do!” says Quinn at one point after smashing a department store window, just because. Quinn is the star of “Suicide Squad, ” in that she steals whatever momentum there is to steal.

Described as “a whole lot of pretty and a whole lot of crazy, ” Quinn rocks blonde pigtails dyed red and blue, artfully smeared lipstick, a tattooed face(“rotten” is scrawled across her jawline) and carries herself like a gum-snapping fanboy fantasy come to life(in hot pants and a baseball tee, no less). If Harley Quinn isn’t one of the most popular Halloween costumes this year, something’s wrong.But despite Robbie’s best efforts, Quinn — along with the rest of the “Squad” — feel like Halloween costumes at best.

Leto’s Joker is all costume and makeup; whatever personal touches Leto brings to the role are buried by a script that gives him nothing to do by making him a third-tier player.(It’s like he studied all night for a test, and all he had to do to pass was show up.Which is frustrating, because the Joker — thanks to iconic portrayals by Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger — has become the modern era’s most delicious and sought after comic villain role. Audiences are conditioned to treat the Joker like a very big deal, and his sparing use here distracts from the story rather than helping it along.

Will Smith is given the most to work with as Deadshot, a master assassin who never misses a shot and is humanized by his love for his daughter. But Smith’s sympathetic eyes and heroic body language betray his villain billing, and you simply don’t ever buy him as a bad guy.

All in all I went to watch Will Smith and Margot Robbie on screen and got their best performance but the movie was not at all worth it.