The R-rated violence of James Gunn's The Suicide Squad has an R rating to allow the director to have full creative liberty with the story and fulfill his promise of killing most of the characters in spectacular fashion. The main selling point of the squad has always been their violent tendencies and the ever-looming threat of death. Now, The Suicide Squad promises to do justice to this premise.
Despite the success of movies like Deadpool 2 have become two of the most comic-accurate live-action depictions of a superhero to date, with the talent of its star Ryan Reynolds, the stunning VFX work, and the ideal balance between gore and comedy to thank.
One of the most criticized aspects of Suicide Squad fails to reconcile both ideas, resulting in little to no real stakes and an overall muddiness that doesn't help the movie stand out from the rest. On the other hand, Deadpool features lots of gruesome scenes, most of which happen for hilarious reasons that help move the story forward organically.
James Gunn's trademark style — manifest in his R-rated superhero parody Super — is set to freshen up The Suicide Squad's multitude of characters, all with absurd costumes and abilities, and also ready to die in a cloud of blood before the credits roll. This creates a fun sense of unpredictability and many opportunities for hilarious moments that keep the audience hooked from start to finish. Like Deadpool, The Suicide Squad's tone guarantees that the movie won't take itself too seriously, but will keep the stakes high nonetheless.
James Gunn proved that a goofy team of dysfunctional heroes could work in the John Cena is also gearing up to be the DCEU equivalent of Deadpool.
