'The Suicide Squad' review:
DAVID DASTMALCHIAN as Polka Dot Man, JOHN CENA as Peacemaker, IDRIS ELBA as Bloodsport and DANIELA MELCHIOR as Ratcatcher 2 in “THE SUICIDE SQUAD'starts strong, roaring out of the gate with a delicious avalanche of horrific violence and hilariously mundane discourse. By default, it can’t help but be disappointing when it settles down after the first reel and becomes a pretty conventional “flawed men and women on a doomed mission” movie.
There isn’t much plot beyond another group of C-level supervillains being rounded up for an “if you survive, you get ten years off your sentence” mission. These literal “expendables” have to sneak into the Corto Maltese and destroy a weapons-building prison after the “evil but friendly to American interests” royal family gets dispatched by a military coup.
Idris Elba’s Bloodsport is the unofficial leader, whose backstory is so similar to Deadshot’s that I have to wonder if they expected Will Smith to come back. Elba’s interactions with the distinct members of this group of a-holes work even well enough that the action scenes quickly become a distraction. Robbie has a few centerpiece moments, including one that turns her into a horror movie monster, but Cena saves his nuance for the HBO Max show.
One immediate upgrade is that the film doesn’t spend its entire first act on introductions. There’s one great action sequence that takes the piss out of -style action set pieces. Moreover, the film’s kaiju-level threat seems like a dare to those who decried ’s kaiju-like carnage to embrace this film’s civilian body count.
formula. The picture mostly looks excellent, courtesy of Henry Braham, and the 132-minute picture only feels its length during the overlong action climax. That’s especially true because the faceless soldiers are so outmatched by our “squad” that the action quickly becomes monotonous. The film combines Gunn’s Troma sensibilities with his patented “wounded outsiders discover the hero within and learn how to accept love and friendship” narrative template.
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