SUICIDE SQUAD

By Don Fowler
Posted 8/11/16

SUICIDE SQUAD

* * ½

(Anti-heroes save world)

After dozens of movies about fantastic heroes with special powers saving the world, Hollywood now brings us a gang of bad guy anti-heroes who …

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SUICIDE SQUAD

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SUICIDE SQUAD

* * ½

(Anti-heroes save world)

After dozens of movies about fantastic heroes with special powers saving the world, Hollywood now brings us a gang of bad guy anti-heroes who will do the job that heroes like Superman and Batman fail to get done.

After a long introduction, the crew is brought together by Amanda Waller (Rhode Island’s own Viola Davis, who seems to be making a movie a month these days). There are some interesting characters, including Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, the fast-talking, sexy, clown-like baddest of the bad. Will Smith gets the best lines and the most action as the dangerous sniper Deadshot, who will kill anyone for money, but also has a soft spot in his heart for his young daughter.

Jared Leto plays the sinister Joker, who controls Harley and keeps the Suicide Squad hopping as they battle some of the ugliest enemies you’ll ever see. There’s even a wicked witch to encounter, right up to the final battle. There’s always a final battle. Midway City takes a beating, but most of the Suicide Squad survive to fight another day.

It’s almost like a parody of a parody. If you like this genre, you will be entertained.

Rated PG-13, with violence galore.

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