Suicide Squad: 9 Major Implications For Future DC Movies
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Suicide Squad was already an important part cog in Warner Bros. planned DC Extended Universe, but the movie has taken on added importance after the relative disappointment of Batman v Superman.
It hasn't just been charged with being a good film in its own right, one that sets up a number of fan-favourite comic book characters for this movie and potentially more down the line, but carrying a weight of expectation and the future of the DCEU on its shoulders.
Unfortunately, it fell at the first hurdle. Despite a great marketing campaign that managed to raise huge levels of hype, it turns out Suicide Squad is a bad movie. Really, really bad.
There are a litany of issues that would require a lot more time and space to go into, but what of the second job? How does Suicide Squad, which is part of the DCEU but without any Justice League members in any sort of major role, setup the rest of DC's upcoming slate?
On that note, it does a better job of things. With certain characters introduced, the way the main players end the movie, and a mid-credits sting that points towards the bigger picture, there's plenty here that sets up the rest of the DCEU. Whether it'll be any good or not is another question entirely.
9. The Squad Are Back Where They Started, Nicely Placed For More
Despite this being a mission with a squad full of supposed bad guys, all of whom are at serious risk of dying at any moment - either from the threat they're facing, or the chips in their necks - the majority of the members end the movie right back where they started it: in their cells.
Sure, Slipknot dies (as the trailers pretty much gave away), and El Diablo sacrifices himself, but for the rest of them it's a return to business as usual, only with 10 years off their sentences and an added perk or two (Deadshot gets to see his daughter, Killer Croc has a TV).
While Harley Quinn may be broken out, the rest of them are still in Belle Reve, which leaves things wide open for a continuation. Sure, Waller failed here, but she's the kind of person who could conceivably try again, and with a cast of well-known names there's every chance of a sequel if the movie performs well enough at the box office, and more potential inmates they could always draft in.