'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.

Five rich kids are trapped in a town dominated by the sugarcane mill empire. Doomed to wander around with nowhere to go, they seek unattainable pleasure to escape the never-ending cycle of non-belonging. Meanwhile, reality becomes out of sync and perception turns opaque.
'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.
This reboot of The Wonder Years is told from the lens of a Black man.
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