Suicide Squad Reviews: 14 Early Reactions You Need To See

13. Enchantress Is A Terrible Villain

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Sadly, pretty much every review that wasn't positive (and even some that were) pinpoints Cara Delevingne and her fellow bad guy (the monster we've seen teased in most of the trailers) as the biggest problems.

IndieWire calls her an "unmitigated disaster":

"Blessed with absolutely zero emotional stakes and forced to spend most of the movie gyrating against a green screen, the character is a perfect sh*tstorm of bad decisions. Delevingne is a talented young actress, but she’s helpless to save this part, a victim of putrid ideas poorly executed."

They also had something to say about her henchmen too:

"And then there’s her horde of googly-eyed henchmen, who ensure that every fight sequence is a wasted opportunity. Also, they look stupid. So stupid. You will be stupider for having seen them. An action sequence is only as good as who the heroes are fighting, and Enchantress’ flimsy, faceless cannon fodder help explain why Suicide Squad... is also denied the full-bodied bombast that elevated his Fury into such an immersive portrait of hell on wheels."

ScreenRant called the same characters "downright laughable in their design". Nobody seems to have had a good word to say about them.

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