Runtime:130 Minutes
Starring-Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto
Plot
"A secret government agency recruits imprisoned supervillains to execute dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency".
My Thoughts
I will start by saying I am not a huge DC fan (i had a sizeable collection of DC comics back int the day) but in terms of DC movies I was never a huge fan of them (Batman returns is my favorite old school batman film and Batman begins is my favorite of the Nolan films). When I first heard about this movie I had never heard of the Suicide squad or most of the members of it (bar Harley Quinn). but the film did look interesting to me once I saw the trailer. Now after seeing the film the word that comes to mind is "disjointed", what I mean by that is the beginning of this film was excellent, I really loved how they gave backstory on each member of the team to help establish a connection for the viewer, I really enjoyed that. the second half of the film for me ruined the overall experience for me, the beginning of the film was so good but the last 50 minutes or so was so different it took away from the movie overall for me. From the main villains who to me didn't really feel like villains at all, the joker-Harley Quinn story line (which i know is important, but overall for me didn't add much to the movie other than running time). The plot that got worse as the movie went on. It honestly felt like i was watching two different films, the change about midway was so drastic. n regards to the cast I thought Will Smith was awesome as Deadshot he was my favorite member of the suicide squad, his performance was great. Jared Leto as the Joke was just okay for me, I liked the look of his joker and overall he wasn't bad but i did not like his Joker laugh, I found it annoying, and overall I did not like the way his character was used in the film, mainly the whole Harley Quinn Story Line. Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn for me was poor, but I feel I am in the minority here, my dislike for Harley Quinn stems from not being a fan of Margot Robbie overall as an actress, then throwing in that I personally would have preferred she used the Harley Quinn voice from the Batman show from the 90's and for me it was a recipe for disaster, I did not like her performance at all and throw in the Joker story line (which i wasn't a fan of). I wasn't just not a fan of Margot Robbie's performance it was the Harley Quinn character as a whole, the way the writers portrayed her just rubbed me the wrong way from her dialogue to the mannerisms to the makeup/style, it was all wrong for me. I also enjoyed Karen Fukuhara as Katana, after seeing her performance I became a fan of the character herself. Lastly I will say I did enjoy Jay Hernandez as Diablo, he was very good, the rest of the cast was okay but the performances were underwhelming overall across the board for me, bar a select few. The special effects for this film were top notch which was expected for a film with a budget over $150 million. This film in my opinion could have been so much more if some things were done differently. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 26% saying " Suicide Squad boasts a talented cast and a little more humor than previous DCEU efforts, but they aren't enough to save the disappointing end result from a muddled plot, thinly written characters, and choppy directing". I agree overall with this especially about Choppy directing and the disappointing end result. the beginning of this film was so good but everything else destroys how good the start of the movie is, which was a huge letdown. This film could have been more to me but the disjointed pacing, the unneeded story line with Joker and Harley Quinn, overall bad acting jobs by the cast led to me feeling unfulfilled.
Rating
Great start to the movie but the middle and the ending was disappointing to me, the Joker Harley Quinn story-line was also unneeded in my opinion. this movie could have done some things differently and it would have been a great movie for me unfortunately it didn't and i left feeling it could have been much better. 7.2/10!!!
The next and last film to review is "Don't Breathe"
Runtime:88 Minutes
Starring-Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette and Stephen Lang
Plot-"A group of friends break into the house of a wealthy blind man, thinking they'll get away with the perfect heist. They're wrong".
My Thoughts
I was a big fan of the Evil Dead Remake, and when I heard that the director of this film was the same director as the evil dead remake, I was instantly interested in seeing this film. This film really conveys the word "tense" from the beginning. the backdrop is the city of Detroit, which really gives a bleak view and feeling to the movie. The actors in this film all did a really great job, I have to give special mention to Stephen Lang he did an absolutely brilliant job as a blind man who had to deal with a robbery being committed in his role, he had a sinister side to him as well which was nice to see, as it made his character feel multi layered to me. The other main cast which consisted of the three burglars (Jane Levy, Dylan Minette and Daniel Zovatto) all did a good job as well. I really liked Jane Levy's performance in this film, I have not seen much of her other work (Other than Evil Dead where she played Mia) but on the basis of those two performances I look forward to seeing her in future films, she has talent. The film had a visceral side to it which I did not expect there were some moments t hat I did not believe that actually happened, it was brutal and I enjoyed all of it. I did really enjoy the whole blind man aspect to this film, it really added something to this film, if the man whose house they were robbing wasn't blind I may have skipped this film in all honesty, but with it involving a blind man, I was really interested to see how someone who cant see could stop his house from being robbed. After seeing the film I have to say it was really well done in that respect. it was well done. I mentioned thew word "tense" earlier in the review and this film really was from start to finish, the characters are in situations where you just don't know what is going to happen and in some situations you think you will know what is going to happen, then something completely different happens which was nice to see, I like being thrown for a loop every once in a while. The runtime was a worry for me, I am always hesitant of a film that is less than 90 minutes long, But I can say this movie felt just long enough, I dare say if it had been longer the film may not have worked as well as it did. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 86% saying "Don't Breathe smartly twists its sturdy premise to offer a satisfyingly tense, chilling addition to the home invasion genre that's all the more effective for its simplicity". Overall I agree with this, the film was very good, and other than a questionable ending (which is subjective) I have no issues with the film. I recommend this film it was very good, if you like a film that is tense, visceral and brutal from start to finish and throw in very good acting I say see this, one of the better films I have seen this year.
Rating
Good acting, Visceral, Brutal and tense very good film 8.4/10!!!
