Suicide Squad: 5 Things Critics Got Right, 5 Things They Got Wrong

10. The Plot Is Thin

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Suicide Squad is not the richest or most complex comic book movie. In act, its plot is razor thin with a few missed swings at trying to provide real depth. The entire story can be explained in one sentence.

The Suicide Squad are brought together by Amanda Waller and forced to go on a mission to save a city. That is the entire movie, so it is fair to criticize the plot for being far too simple and straightforward. This criticism probably would not have been thrown in the direction of a superhero film just 10 years ago now, but the genre is now expected to have moved past such things.

Even so, if thin plotting is a deal-breaker, how do we explain Deadpool? Yes, Deadpool is more fun and a better movie overall, but its plot is as basic of a superhero origin story as we've seen. Raunchy humor draws laughs, but it does not flesh out a story and critics failed to call Deadpool on it.