14 Simple Fixes That Could Have Made Suicide Squad Awesome
10. Just Do Slipknot Better
The Problem
Slipknot has a Dead Meat label on his head the second he appears. Twelve seconds after that, he's dead, and not a single person either cared or was shocked.
He also wasn't deemed important enough to even get a backstory or a rap-sheet. And the result was that you end up wondering whether he's there simply because he's a bit of a dick who is super good at climbing.
The Solution
Spend like, I don't know, two bloody minutes establishing Slipknot as a character on an equal par with the rest of the crew. Actually leave in the fact that he's a serial rapist, maybe give him a few lines that paint him as detestable even in villain circles and make him expendable in a way that is actually satisfying before he's killed off.
Also, how about having a bit of backstory that explains what value he has to the team. Saying "he's the guy who can climb anything" is fatal considering he's immediately lower down in the pecking order than a guy who literally just throws boomerangs.
In short, actually bother to write a character if you're going to use him as a narrative device.