Suicide Squad's Extended Cut: 8 Problems The Movie Needs To Fix
2. Unanswered Questions. So Many Of Them...
Because of Suicide Squad's aforementioned structural and editing problems, a lot of questions were left dangling. Usually, this would be fine; most movies have one or two. But when your film has one every five minutes - and some are quite glaring - it becomes a huge distraction.
And because of all these missteps, the movie just feels unpolished. How exactly does Katana's sword work? What happened to Griggs, the prison guard who reluctantly works for Joker? If Harley's so infatuated with the Clown Prince, why doesn't she go and find him instead of willingly returning to prison?
And bizarrely, the film's promotional material reveals that these questions do have answers that got cut. We see an omitted shot of Katana brandishing her sword with a green, smoky glow around it, which could've explained her powers. In pretty much every trailer, Joker says he "can't wait" to show Griggs his toys, meaning there could've been a scene showing the prison guard being tortured.
The 'bar' scene was originally a lot longer too. Trailers showed Harley taking drink requests from her squad-mates, where the movie just cuts to Diablo's depressing backstory. By making and gathering drinks for them, we can see that some part of Harley cares and it then makes sense that she'd stick by them instead of galavanting back to the Joker at the end.
Even the smallest of inconsistencies can yank someone right out of a film, and with the sheer amount on display here, the extended edition would be wise to start filling out some of those more questionable moments.