Worst. Villains. Ever?

With “Man of Steel” back in 2013 which was followed by “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” earlier this year, one of the most anticipated movies in the growing DC movie franchise was none other than “Suicide Squad”. But did it live up to the hype or did they focus on the stories of a few select characters little more than they should have?

We meet up with some of the most notorious villains in the DC universe as they’re being held captive in a high security fortress in Louisiana. The group includes the likes of Deadshot (Will Smith), Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), and a full cast of others with their own unique abilities and offense which brings to reason why they are there in the first place.

But why do I feel like I’m forgetting some major bad guy. Oh yeah, Jared Leto’s Joker. Perhaps I forgot about him because of the producer’s decision to remove many of the Joker scenes due to them making the movie too dark. Funny, I thought this was supposed to be a movie about supervillains. Why would we want to make that a darker movie than one about superheroes?

Anyway, the band of misfits (minus Joker as he’s off doing his own thing) is brought together for the government’s attempt at stopping a Superman like creature that may threaten humanity if they see fit. And as luck would have it, such a situation arises and the team is reluctantly thrown into action to put an end to the threat or die trying all in an attempt for redemption. Either way, the government will be able to wipe their hands clean as they would just claim to have no knowledge of the groups existence.

With great action and effects, a decent story that could have been both better and worse, and a cast of some well-known faces and names, this is perhaps one of the best comic based movies of the year. That’s easy to say considering there have only been a few of them this year.

Now for the harsh part. Although it was great to get someone like Smith involved in the project, and even Robbie and Leto, it seemed like the whole movie was more centered on the former two’s characters and their stories far more than anyone else’s. Was this because they were being played by big stars in the industry or were their stories that much more interesting than anyone else’s? The Joker on the other hand left a lot to be desired as they built him up as being in the film quite a bit, but he really wasn’t in it all that much. And even when we did see him, it again wasn’t for very long.

Overall, the movie was very entertaining and kept you drawn in till the now always expected clip during the credits that foreshadows the next movie to come. There were just certain things that could have been done differently to really make this one a memorable feature that people would have been talking about for ages. People may be talking about it, but it might just be for the wrong reasons. This certainly won’t be the last time we see these villains, but let’s just hope the next time we do we’ll see an equal amount of each of them rather than focusing our attention on the ones played by the big name actors.

ROASTED RIPPER SCORE – C+

(7.7/10 Likeable Baddies)