7 Over-Looked Hints That Suicide Squad Will Be Awesome

5. That Black Ops Vibe

Films concerning themselves with the activities of black ops, wetworks specialists are always aesthetically cool. The concept of a team of people orchestrating a mission without anyone else even noticing - perfect professionals who execute some sort of ridiculously-sick plan in six minutes flat - is a concept that sells. Suicide Squad follows the same basic template as many of these kinds of Men on a Mission movies - be it Kelly's Heroes, Mission Impossible or Ocean's Eleven - except the main difference is that everyone here is a psycho. Supposedly the Squad are meant to work anonymously; Amanda Waller's (Viola Davis) Get Out of Jail Free card is the fact that because they're villains the government retains plausible deniability if the truth gets out about what they're getting up to. Well, you can bet dollars to donuts that this team of absolute wildcards will probably flub more than one mission thanks to the fact they're comprised of so many explosive personalities who don't really play too well with others. Imagine The Dirty Dozen with superpowers and you're halfway there. It's such a unique concept for a superhero movie that it's going to revitalise a lot of audience-goers enthusiasm for the sub-genre; it has to be said, fatigue is probably settling in right now, especially after a lacklustre Avengers sequel earlier this year. Props to DC and Warner Bros for making a ballsy move for a change and releasing a film where 75% of your heroes are actually vicious villains working as an actual paramilitary organisation (rather than a paramilitary organisation passing as a superhero team, or a school for gifted children).