This is a pretty good movie.
It's got Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Frost, Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, KGBeast, and King Shark press-ganged into forming the Suicide Squad to infiltrate Arkham Asylum and get out with Riddler's secrets that may ruin Amanda Waller if they're posted on the internet. On top of that, Batman is out looking for a dirty bomb that the Joker has stashed somewhere in the city, which, if it went off, could blow up half or more of the population.
The art style is great and it goes well with the animation. The action sequences are well done and thrilling to watch. Character designs are appealing to look at, and strangely enough, it seemed like Harley and Killer Frost couldn't keep their freaking shirts on for more than five minutes at a time within the first half hour of the movie. Not that that's something to complain much about, but it was a little bit distracting in terms of "Was that REALLY necessary?"
Batman sits in the back seat of his own movie for once, which is actually a good thing because the film wasn't meant to be entirely focused on him, but more on the Suicide Squad. More focus on him would've detracted from the main story.
So far I've said nothing wrong, so I'll get to the flaws: use of CGI (though minor) can still be pretty noticeable but it doesn't take much away from the actual enjoyment of the movie. Sometimes with the main characters bickering all the time it makes you wonder how the hell they got themselves into Arkham in the first place. It got kind of tedious after a while but everyone improved in the second half of the film as things started to fly.
Really, it's a Batman movie with good characters, a plot that was clearly thought out, and plenty of violence and *ahem* titillation to go around. It's also one of the better DC Animated movies to hit Direct- to-DVD. I'd check it out at least once.
It's got Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Killer Frost, Black Spider, Captain Boomerang, KGBeast, and King Shark press-ganged into forming the Suicide Squad to infiltrate Arkham Asylum and get out with Riddler's secrets that may ruin Amanda Waller if they're posted on the internet. On top of that, Batman is out looking for a dirty bomb that the Joker has stashed somewhere in the city, which, if it went off, could blow up half or more of the population.
The art style is great and it goes well with the animation. The action sequences are well done and thrilling to watch. Character designs are appealing to look at, and strangely enough, it seemed like Harley and Killer Frost couldn't keep their freaking shirts on for more than five minutes at a time within the first half hour of the movie. Not that that's something to complain much about, but it was a little bit distracting in terms of "Was that REALLY necessary?"
Batman sits in the back seat of his own movie for once, which is actually a good thing because the film wasn't meant to be entirely focused on him, but more on the Suicide Squad. More focus on him would've detracted from the main story.
So far I've said nothing wrong, so I'll get to the flaws: use of CGI (though minor) can still be pretty noticeable but it doesn't take much away from the actual enjoyment of the movie. Sometimes with the main characters bickering all the time it makes you wonder how the hell they got themselves into Arkham in the first place. It got kind of tedious after a while but everyone improved in the second half of the film as things started to fly.
Really, it's a Batman movie with good characters, a plot that was clearly thought out, and plenty of violence and *ahem* titillation to go around. It's also one of the better DC Animated movies to hit Direct- to-DVD. I'd check it out at least once.