IN THE MOVIE: Played by Karen Fukuhara, she’s one of the few team members who actually looks like their comic book counterpart, and her costume looks extremely Japanese. She has aided the Suicide Squad and has been a member of the Outsiders, Birds of Prey, and a version of the Justice League. IN THE COMICS: Tatsu Yamashiro AKA Katana wields “Soultaker,” a katana housing her husband’s soul, which guides her on the path of justice. Expect him to die in a literal blaze of glory. PREDICTIONS: El Diablo’s likely to survive for a long time on Ayer’s empathy alone, but that won’t save him in late in the second act. Arguably, this will be the character Ayer most sympathizes with, but El Diablo just isn’t built to last. More than likely, he’ll be playing a walking flamethrower.ĪRGUMENT: Yet another obscure character, albeit a deeper one with a more visual power. Everything about this guy is attitude and he’ll undoubtedly be chollo. IN THE MOVIE: He’s played by Jay Hernandez and looks like his comic book counterpart with a snazzy jacket. IN THE COMICS: Chato Santana AKA El Diablo, is a Latino gangster from South Central LA who volunteered his services to the Suicide Squad after inadvertently killing innocents with his pyrokinesis. PREDICTIONS: Slipknot’s going to die immediately after everyone on the team laughs at how stupid ropes are. Nobody’s talking about him and nobody’s quite sure why he’s in the movie. He’s been on only a single mission and was dumb enough to test if he really had a bomb in him. Still, he carries more ropes than is healthy and is just asking to trip and fall down a staircase.ĪRGUMENT: Slipknot’s an obscure character, even among Suicide Squad fans. They gave him a rifle to make up for specializing in ropes being so stupid. IN THE MOVIE: He’s played by Adam Beach and looks like a hardcore badass soldier. Surprising no one, he’s never appeared in other media. A former member of the Suicide Squad, his arm-bomb was detonated when he fled a mission. IN THE COMICS: Christopher Weiss AKA Slipknot is an assassin who specializes in ropes. She’s got a zero tolerance policy for bullshit and hates criminals. Amanda Waller runs Taskforce X and is the head of A.R.G.U.S. A dirty version of Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s based out of Belle Reve prison in Louisiana, from where it selects its “candidates.” EVERY inmate is implanted with a bomb. (Advanced Research Group for Uniting Superhumans) is the corrupt government agency that runs Taskforce X/Suicide Squad. Stray from the mission, the bomb goes off.Ģ. Every member of Taskforce X, the Suicide Squad, has a bomb implanted in their neck. Nobody is safe from the plot in his movies, and the protagonists often go down in flames prior to or directly following an impassioned speech.ġ. One last thing, possibly the biggest thing: Ayer LOVES to kill characters. If a female character isn’t victimized, she’s considered a part of the family and/or brotherhood, and in many cases, behaves indistinguishably from the men. If they’re not directly manipulated or injured by the protagonist, they’re unable to fully understand their situation. His female characters tend to be victimized bystanders, often at the mercy of his protagonists. None are sinners or saints, but most have an inextricable attachment to and fixation with violence and their particular brand of honor. Most of his male characters are chollo-masculine and speak with heavy colloquialisms. His themes revolve around brotherhood, machismo, violence, deadened emotions, moral ambiguity, and sacrifice. His body of work reflects this, with films almost exclusively focusing on the military, ex-military, paramilitary, and the police of central LA. So let’s play a game and wildly speculate on who’s going to die!ĭavid Ayer grew up in South Central LA and spent some time in the Navy, making him no stranger to hardship. Sometimes just a couple, sometimes only one’s left standing, and Ayer’s SUICIDE SQUAD (2016) promises to be no different. Characters die all the time on these missions. “Suicide Squad” isn’t just a colorful name. From Ostrander’s run through BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM (2014), I love the Suicide Squad (officially called “Taskforce X” by their superiors) and all of the big ideas surrounding the team: redemption, purpose, ethics, government control, morality, and sacrifice. So a movie about supervillains sent on suicide missions to commute their prison sentences? Count me in. When you think of the first four Batman movies, you think of the villains first, Batman second, and with reason! Villains are unpredictable! Grandiose! Violent! And unforgettable, even when they’re played by Arnold Schwartzeneggar.
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