Suicide Squad Trailer 2 Breakdown: 28 Things You Must See
Everyone attack and it turned into a ballroom blitz!
As promised, the MTV Movie Awards delivered a brand new trailer for Suicide Squad, taking everything that made the first trailer so brilliant and turning it up a notch. The musical choice of Sweet's Ballroom Blitz is a great touch (though not quite as glorious as how the first used Bohemian Rhapsody), and more than anything, the trailer sells the idea of the film without really giving too much away.
We're supposed to take away the fact that this will be an anarchic fever dream, heavily focused on violence and darkness but with a comic edge that has inevitably become a whole lot more important in the wake of some very specific Batman v Superman criticism.
Plot-wise, there's nothing really new - aside from the revelation that the Suicide Squad project goes right the way to the top and the White House, but the opportunity to see more of Harley Quinn, The Joker and a surprisingly healthy dose of Batman is worth the entrance fee. But what else did we see, and what hints are to be found in the new footage?
28. Wait... So They're A Superman Deterrent?
Look, it's high time they stopped bashing Superman, but it's not entirely unexpected given the internal logic of the DC Extended Universe already, and if it gives the film a philosophical launch-pad then maybe it's allowable. Obviously it makes sense that they're talking about Supes in the past tense now, so maybe that's a hint of where this film happens on the time-line.
We get the first shot of David Harbour as some sort of government advisor with the ear of the White House. He immediately reeks of duplicity - perhaps because he has that intangible "narc" air built in - but I wouldn't be wholly surprised if it turns out he's a bad egg.
Could he be in someone's pocket who would profit from Gotham's biggest bag guys being loose?