'The Suicide Squad' Is Gory, Gratuitous, but Great
'The Suicide Squad' is at its best when it focuses on its characters and commentary on real-life issues, but stumbles when it relies too heavily on gratuitous gore and insensitive humor.

After a job gone bad, small time gangster Charlie McNulty sits alone having a 3am drink at a local dive bar. A visit by his mentor, Frank Fretelli, makes Charlie begin to question his own sanity, as the world closes in on him.
'The Suicide Squad' is at its best when it focuses on its characters and commentary on real-life issues, but stumbles when it relies too heavily on gratuitous gore and insensitive humor.
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