Suicide Squad (David Ayer, 2016)

A superhero, or rather supervillain, Dirty Dozen, Suicide Squad is a blatant attempt to have DC compete with Marvel's ensemble films. Trashy, violent and widely panned for its derivative characters and hackneyed plot, it nevertheless manages to be more fun than many of its rival's earnest affairs, largely because of giving us effectively two Jokers for the price of one with Jared Leto and Margot Robbie hamming it up as the psychos in the pack. The former in particular could have been given more meaningful screen time, instead of which Batman drifts in and out to no particular purpose and Will Smith gets the leading role by virtue of being Will Smith as a lethal assassin with a heart of gold. Still, it's a considerable improvement on the muddle that was Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

5/10