Suicide Squad: Ranking Every Character From Worst To Best

Away from all of the battles and conspiracy theories over critical reception, it's almost easy to forget that Suicide Squad is just a film with an agenda to entertain.

One thing that cannot be lost in this murky minefield is the fact that Suicide Squad boldly uses a load of characters, shifting perception of "bad guys" and challenging the moral compass while also seeking to be engaging. It was always going to be a tough ask. And inevitably, it's more successful with some characters than others.

Even with that spectrum, there's more than enough in the fabric of the characters to suggest that a sequel would work, and if the fans get their way and push it to the right box office figure we might get to see them some more. Here's hoping whoever scripts chooses wisely, or at least addresses some of the imbalances.

The question for now is which of the Squad is the best? Which characters leave the biggest impact - through performance and spirit - and who deserved a hell of a lot better?

The Flash is in there, but he lasts about 6 seconds so it's not really fair to say anything about him, and the likes of David Harbour's Dexter Tolliver and the other government stooges are basically interchangeable (in his case another mishandling of a very, very good talent).

So, how do the rest of the Squad and their enemies and handlers rank, then?

It's a sorry state of affairs that so many comic book movies struggle with villains: it seems inevitable that we'll forever be stuck with just a handful of great ones (including more than one Batman villain) and a load of garbage.

It doesn't help matters when this is the sort of material they're bringing to the table. Rather than using the Joker as the main villain, or even Common's implied version of tattoo man (or even just anyone with some sympathetic humanity about them), Ayer chose instead to turn on the CGI.

The first big bad is a mess of effects (on a par with The Scorpion King) and no heart who stalks around with Ghostbusters-lite tentacles looking ridiculous and never once convincing he's up to the billing. If there's a sequel this is the least thing that has to change.