Suicide Squad 2: 10 Things That Will Make It Awesome

7. A Bigger Focus On The Main Squad

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In Suicide Squad, there were no less than five different subplots, each containing a myriad of characters. There was The Joker and Harley's backstory, the squad's main mission, the formation of the squad, the Enchantress and her brother and Joker's attempts to free Harley from the ties of Waller. It was a lot for a two-hour movie.

And this resulted in a lot of characters not getting their due. Slipknot's role in particular was laughably bad, existing only to demonstrate that Flag could explode heads if he wanted to. If Slipknot weren't in the film, would it change? No - and there'd be more screen time to put elsewhere.

Characters like Croc and Katana were also short-changed, and it feels like there's a lot left on the cutting room floor that would have stayed in the film had Suicide Squad kept things focused.

So, the makers of Suicide Squad 2 need to cut the fat and keep things simple. Focus on the main squad - Deadshot, Croc, Harley, Boomerang and Katana - so that each can be given enough time to shine. We don't need irrelevant subplots, like The Joker's vendetta. If there's too much happening, things can get muddled, and that's exactly what happened in the first film.

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