Suicide Squad 2: 10 Things It Must Do Better Than The Original

3. A More Consistent Tone

Suicide Squad struggles to decide whether it wants to be a madcap, Deadpool-esque romp through the DC Extended Universe, or a sombre case study into its underbelly.

Something closer to the latter is the best fit for a villain-centric offering. It should be dark, which isn't necessarily to say it must be miserable or entirely devoid of humour.

Granted, Suicide Squad had darkness, lighter moments, zaniness and a few edgy jokes, but the transition between these sequences is often jarring.

When Amanda Waller has just gunned down an office full of her own employees, that's a grim moment that should have been left to resonate, rather than been offset against a Deadshot quip.

Suicide Squad 2 needs to select a tone and stick with it, or at least transition more smoothly between moments of darkness and madcap comic relief.