“Birds Of Prey” (also known as “Birds Of Prey: And The Fantabulous Emancipation Of One Harley Quinn”) represents one of the worst decisions in film marketing history. I’d never heard of the Birds of Prey comic book characters and then you find out that they are not even the focus of the movie. It’s total lunacy and it’s reflected by the film itself. This is a mess with no real structure. It’s got a lot of energy and interesting visuals but no substance (much like “Tank Girl”).

There is no real story. A lot of it focuses on Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie “Suicide Squad”, “I, Tonya”) after she breaks up with the Joker. She interacts with cop Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez “Untamed Heart”), assassin Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead “10 Cloverfield Lane”) and mobster Roman ‘Black Mask’ Sionis (Ewan McGregor “The Island”). There’s something about some diamond with bank accounts details or something in it but I can’t really remember.

Margot Robbie does a really good job and she puts a lot of effort in as Harley Quinn. The Huntress character was okay and so was the little girl (Ella Jay Basco). I didn’t care for the Montoya character, I thought she was dull. Ewan McGregor is awful as the villain. He’s having a blast but the character just comes across as weird and uncomfortable. Also, if he’s Black Mask, why does he barely wear the mask? It’s like they are afraid to have comic book characters wear their outfits in some movies.

“Birds Of Prey” has some satisfying action sequences, some funny moments and the movie looks terrific at times. However, it just has no idea what is wants to be and it doesn’t really seem to care. Is it about Haryley Quinn, the Birds of Prey or is it just a sort of “Pulp Fiction” style flick? It’s moderately enjoyable but I just did not get anywhere near as invested as I should have been.