Suicide Squad: 10 Lessons It Can Learn From Assault On Arkham

By Connor Briggs-Morris /

4. Don€™t Make It Too Adult

In the wake of Deadpool€™s success, everyone is clamouring for more R-rated superhero films, and while Suicide Squad would seem to fit the profile, it won€™t be rated R, nor should it be. Even though the animated Assault On Arkham seems like it€™s for kids, the content is surprisingly adult. It€™s honestly a little hard to fathom how they pushed so many boundaries and still got a PG-13 rating for the film. The real issue was that all of the swearing and sex just felt weird in a DC property. Even if it€™s realistic for these types of characters to act this way, it€™s so unlike anything from their universe that it€™s a little jarring seeing something like Harley Quinn take her top off and then violently have sex with Deadshot. Suicide Squad should still try to address these adult themes, it is a serious movie after all, but it has to do so with some cadence and regard to the fact that this is the same universe that€™s home to some much lighter characters.