Perhaps it was because my expectations had been so lowered. The reviews for Suicide Squad were almost relentlessly negative. People just seemed to hate it. Maybe folks had staked so much belief that it would somehow make up for the mess that was Batman vs. Superman that no film could possibly have lived up to it. I dunno. All I was sure about was that it was likely going to suck. That the story would be incomprehensible, the performances phoned in, the directing indifferent.
Instead what I got was a perfectly fine superhero–or more accurately supervillain as hero–movie. A big adventure where a modern day magnificent seven has to ride to the rescue against yet another supervillain who seems determined to rip a hole in the sky with some sort of energy force beam and end the world.
Is it brilliantly original? No. Does it raise the bar on comic book movies? No. Will it change anyone’s life? No.
Was it entertaining? Hëll yes.
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