What would you get if you put a team together with the worst criminals on the planet? Wouldn’t that be a decision you would like to rethink considering villains hardly change and remain on the other side of the law for most of the time. Suicide Squad tells you that too many negatives can result in a positive because here, antiheroes work for the government and manage to do a fine job as well.

Director David Ayer’s Suicide Squad revolves around some of the ‘baddest’ villains in the DC Universe; on one hand they don’t have anything in common whereas on the other, they all are more alike than different. Deadshot (Will Smith) is an expert marksman who doesn’t miss; Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) plays a crazily calculated lunatic while Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), El Diablo (Jay Hernandez) and Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) have powers of their own.

Government agent Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) brings them together to bring down the Enchantress (Cara Delevingne) who is on a rampage and wants to take control of the world for her evil gains. And then there is Joker (Jared Leto) who wants to break his lady love out of the prison one way or the other.

Suicide Squad is laced with witty dialogues and excellent action sequences that will bring you to the edge of your seat; watching so many antiheroes in action is a new thing, considering not even Marvel has been able to do that in its 40-odd films. The story takes place after the death of Superman in Dawn of Justice because that’s when these bad guys are needed the most; the ‘Squad’ stands together because it has nothing to lose and that gives them the edge over their opponents.

Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto are the stars of the movie as they have the margin to perform and also portray their famous characters according to the comics, with minor changes.

There is a cameo appearance by Batman (Ben Affleck) as well and he makes his mark. The Flash and Aquaman also appear briefly but their cameos don’t mean much. The best thing this flick does for the fans of DC Comics is give them a glimpse into what’s cooking because Justice League is around the corner. The movie is PG-13.

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 3rd, 2016