Every Batman Movie Ranked Worst To Best

14. Suicide Squad

To give Suicide Squad pretty much the only praise it's due (other than the incredible feat of making Jai Courtney happen), it did show a fundamental understanding of the symbolism of fear and its importance to Batman's characterisation. And for once we got to see how Batman appears to his villains... Or that was the idea anyway.

Unfortunately, the film failed to deliver on the promise that we'd really see Batman as a ghost out of the shadows, and instead we got a blunted version that made him look like an idiot. An idiot who somehow managed to let the Joker swim away from a wreck despite following his car into the water immediately. And an idiot who allowed the Squad to exist (and destroy so much) despite apparently knowing about them. An idiot who failed to catch Deadshot until he was handed to him on a plate...

The film generally was a case of what could have been: edited poorly, written awfully (in a lot of places) and badly imbalanced, it felt like the archetypal product of too many cooks and not enough good ingredients. Sure, it made money and sure, it has its fans, but it was completely awful.