Movie review: It's a fun movie about weird characters played top-notch actors. It's a movie that fully embraces the look and feel of a superhero comic-book. And the soundtrack's great. What more do you want? I've seen this movie three times by now and I've enjoyed it all three times. In fact, it's gotten better with each viewing. What stands out to me on my latest viewing is that Will Smith, Margot Robbie, and the rest are truly talented performers. Warner/DC have got themselves a remarkable squad here and I hope they get to return plenty of times in the future. If I had to be fair and complain about one thing about the film, it's that the action scenes are just okay standard action-movie quality - which is fine - but it's not on the same level as the gorgeously shot and exquisitely choreographed Zack Snyder-style we've seen in the other DC movies.



What comes with this purchase? This set comes with three discs, the Extended Blu-ray, the Theatrical Blu-ray, and the Theatrical DVD. Also included is the Ultraviolet Digital HD redemption code. Don't neglect the digital code, because the most interesting special features actually come with the digital version (more on that below). All three discs contain the same special features (which is a shame, because they could have taken advantage of all those extra discs to give us different special features on each disc). The extended version is English audio only, whereas multiple language options - and also an English descriptive audio track for the visually impaired - are included on the theatrical disc. There's no audio commentary track though (look for my rant on that below).



Extended cut: This cut is only about 10 minutes longer than the theatrical cut, so don't expect a substantially different version of the movie, a la the Batman V Superman Ultimate Edition. If you remember seeing many shots in the trailers that never made it into the theatrical cut (e.g., Katana's eyes turning black, Killer Croc apparently attacking Katana, Harley aiming her baseball bat like a shotgun, numerous Joker scenes, etc.), unfortunately most of those scenes are still missing, because for some reason they failed to make it into this Extended Cut. Thankfully, the funny bar scene, where Harley's taking everyone's orders, did make it in though. I was waiting for that scene when watching in the theater and was upset that it wasn't in the movie, so I'm glad that's back. In addition to little added moments throughout the film, the biggest added scenes are a flashback scene of Harley & Joker involving a motorcycle chase and a couple of walking-talking scenes where all the characters are conversing and getting to know each other better.



Special Features: Do not make the mistake of thinking all the special features are on the disc. The special features on the disc may seem a little bit lacking - it's just a few standard behind the scenes featurettes and a short gag reel (unfortunately no deleted scenes) - but the most interesting special features are actually part of the digital version. I redeemed my digital copy through VUDU, where you can access the special features by clicking on the Theatrical Version and choosing "Extras Plus" from the menu screen. There's a whole bunch of interesting extras in here, image galleries, videos that aren't on the disc, and more. The highlight has to be the cool 360° viewer feature, where you can move your phone/tablet device around in order to view Suicide Squad themed environments all around you through your device. They really should have advertised that these cool digital features are, in fact, included with this purchase, because I didn't even realize I had access to these features myself until I stumbled across them.



Major complaint: Once again, this Blu-ray lacks a commentary track. I say once again, because the Batman V Superman Blu-ray also didn't have any commentary track. This is weird, because previous DC/Warner movies, Man of Steel & Watchmen, actually have the best commentaries I've seen for any home version release of any movie. Warner Bros releases used to do what they called a "Maximum Movie Mode" which is a director's commentary, combined with featurettes, for an interesting and immersive behind-the-scenes look at the movie that was better than a regular commentary. It's upsetting enough that we no longer get that feature, but the complete lack of any regular audio commentary at all is a big negative for this Blu-ray. I wanted to hear what David Ayer, and the actors, etc. had to say about the movie. Whoever's in charge of these releases, you're making a mistake leaving out the commentaries.