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   I thought Suicide Squad was pretty good... a different take on the   
   villans.   
      
   Allen   
      
      
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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   Are we seeing another Batman Vs. Superman (theatrical version, ahem)   
   all over again?   
      
   The first batch of Suicide Squad reviews has hit Rotten Tomatoes --   
   and they aren't that good.   
      
   Suicide Squad currently has 35% rating amongst the critics with 51   
   reviews accounted for. So that's only 18 that are considered "Fresh" /   
   favorable.   
      
   Honestly, I don't really pay too much attention to these reviews:   
   After all they gave the Ghostbusters reboot a whopping 73% positive   
   rating.   
      
   They also gave Star Wars: The Force Awakens a 92% positive rating.   
   Once you get past the nostalgic factor that it's "Star Wars" (Phantom   
   Menace received glowing reviews at first), it's just an   
   average-at-best movie (we already seen it with New Hope). You're left   
   shaking your head.   
      
   If you do happen to give these reviews credibility, Batman Vs.   
   Superman netted a 27% positive score, so at least Suicide Squad would   
   be considered slightly better.   
      
   Last I checked, Suicide Squad was on track to have an August near-   
   record-breaking-opening, with some estimates stating the movie may   
   open to around $145 million, so it doesn't seem all that bad.   
      
   "Suicide Squad" has an August 5, 2016 release date directed by David   
   Ayer starring Will Smith as Deadshot, Jared Leto as the Joker, Margot   
   Robbie as Harley Quinn, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, Jai Courtney   
   as Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Viola Davis as Amanda   
   Waller, Adam Beach as Slipknot, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Adewale   
   Akinnuoye- Agbaje as Killer Croc, Jay Hernandez as El Diablo, and   
   Scott Eastwood in an unknown role.   
      
   Synopsis:   
      
   It feels good to be bad. Assemble a team of the world's most   
   dangerous, incarcerated Supervillains, provide them with the most   
   powerful arsenal at the government's disposal, and send them off on a   
   mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence   
   officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of   
   disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will   
   do. However, once they realize they weren't picked to succeed but   
   chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will   
   the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it's every man for   
   himself?   
      
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