The 2016 film wasn't great. Had some redeemable qualities, but studio interference turned what was meant to be something unique, impactful and emotional and full of drama into a poor man's excuse for a Deadpool film. The director David Ayer and the cast have said it wasn't the film they made that ended up being the end product, and the Ayer Cut movement has begun. But unlike Zack Snyder's Justice League, the chances of that film getting that cut is unlikely, thanks in part to this film. According to the people who worked on this one, the end product is pretty much what they wanted the film to be, in what can be best described as a studio having the upmost faith in the cast and crew to make a great film. James Gunn was once the man that proved once and for all that anything with Marvel's name attached was guaranteed to be successful. But then he got fired, which prompted WB to take him on for a potential Superman film. Gunn didn't want to do Superman so in a bizarrely rare move, WB said he could make any film he wanted based on a DC property, and thus we have his take on the Suicide Squad. Many of you may wonder if this is much better (relax, it definitely is) so let's take a look:
Amanda Waller (reprised by Viola Davis) sends a larger Task Force X from Belle Reve penitentiary to the island nation of Corto Maltese in an attempt to destroy a prison and laboratory that holds political prisoners and conducted experiments. While half of the team deals with soldiers on one beach, the other half arrive on a quieter beach, with what's left of both teams eventually merging to complete their mission. Though they all remain unaware of a beast that lurks within the island and their true intentions as well as Waller's.
This is what I wanted in the 2016 film. A fun film that isn't to mismatched, has a great soundtrack and a beginning, middle and end that feels like a complete journey. All the characters are wonderful to watch and all have great lines. But the thing I really love about this film was how it turns some of DC's most obnoxious and stupid characters into something that people may actually like. For example, Polka Dot Man (played by David Dastmalchian) has a tragic backstory to go with his character and King Shark (voiced by Sylvester Stallone) somehow becomes that one character who should be dead by the end of the film and yet somehow survives everything thrown at him (spoiler alert, sorry!). It should have been the film we got back in 2016. Sure, the mission is yet again another world threatening mission that really the Justice League should handle, but it's fun to watch these villains have a crack at saving the world with actual meaning and purpose this time around and scenes that we can actually see too. 9/10
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