The Suicide Squad: Ranking Every Task Force X Member From Worst To Best

8. The First Strike Team

For Captain Boomerang, Javelin, Blackguard, Mongal, Savant, T.D.K, and Weasel, there's little that can be said. They were all killed off - or seemingly killed off, in the case of Weasel - before the opening credits rolled. This was maniacal. Captain Boomerang was killed off immediately.

Savant's impeccable ball handling in the opening scene, during which he lethally killed a bird, set the perfect tone for the film. Problem is, Savant wasn't heavily featured in the trailer. None of these guys were. The likes of Idris Elba and John Cena were, yet they were nowhere to be found. Of course something was going to happen, but this? This wasn't it.

As a scene, it wasn't terrible. It was far from it. This was visually gorgeous. It felt a tad pointless. Why hire Nathan Fillion and Jai Courtney - let's all mourn Boomerang together, shall we? - only to get less than twenty minutes of screentime out of them?

These characters now can't be featured in any post-Suicide Squad era films, restricting them to prequels only. It's an idea that should have remained as just an idea. All this achieved was delivering a statement that no one was safe from death.