Suicide Squad : Special Edition

Bad Movies Made Less Bad Presents:
No neon character intros, repeated exposition, or hip-shaking villains. And A LOT less Jared Leto.
(He is still in the film, but most of his lines are cut. I mean WTF - that "will you live for me speech" was ridiculous)

Major Changes:

• Remove as much unnecessary exposition as possible. The last time something is explained, it’s the only time.
• Removed Enchantress Hip-shaking, connect her plans to the larger DC universe
• Less Joker focus and dialogue
• Reveal the team organically, without introductions

Editing Intent:

Lets be honest, this movie sucks. But my edit attempts to salvage what can be saved for a more streamlined film. We finally got the Snyder approval, but have been less hopeful for the Ayer cut lately, so I decided to take a look, and ended up with this edit.

In my typical fashion, exposition gets cut drastically. The last time something is explained, is hopefully the only time it is. My intent is to leave some mystery and suspense, and not everyone needs to be a main character. I didn't know these characters besides Harley before watching, and that is the perspective I maintain. Slipknot is simply a plot device, not a main character. Also, Enchantress is a horrible villain, so I have removed as much of her dialogue as possible to make her more menacing implicitly, and removed as much hip-shaking as possible. Hopefully this puts the movie focus less on her and more on the growth of Harley, Deadshot and Flag, the real main characters. Most of the Joker dialogue is removed when possible. Scene sequence is also adjusted in the first half to better introduce the characters organically. Subtitles for Enchantress and Incubus have been replaced with a focus on building a beacon to alert Apokolips.

Cut List:

• Changed Harley’s shock flashbacks to memories of time with Joker

• Moved Waller and Flagg visit to Belle Reve to before Waller private dinner scene

• Removed shot of June Moone arriving at Belle Reve

• Removed Killer croc asking Flagg “aint you scared”

• Removed Diablo creating “Bye” fire in cell

• Removed Waller’s intro narration and title sequence

• Removed Waller’s introduction of each character

• Moved Intro of Enchantress to reveal during pentagon meeting

• Tightened Pentagon Meeting

• Shortened Joker intro at the club

• Shortened Joker takeover of Van Criss Labs

• Removed close up shot of Enchanctress starting her spell

• Removed Pentagon war room reacting to Incubus and Enchantress and replaced with destruction of satellite

• Removed Bachlorette Party from evacuation zone

• Shortened Kitana’s intro to reduce exposition

• Removed shot of Joker texting Harley

• Removed Squad Helicopter crash

• Removed Waller “Get out of there”

• Remove shot of Diablo using fire power with Boomerang

• Removed Enchantress kissing to make eyeball warriors

• Moved Deadshot scene with daughter shopping to when he sees the window display

• Shortened Deadshot fight with Batman

• Shortened Harley flashback with Joker and motorcycle scene for pacing

• Shortened Harley flashback of Ace Chemicals scene to remove dialogue

• Removed Killer Croc saying “I Like Her” about Amanda Waller

• Removed some shots of Joker in Helicopter

• Tightened Joker and Harley time in helicopter

• Removed Enchantress shots of hip shaking spell-casting

• Shortened Enchantress dialogue

• Changed Harley vision from married life to flashback shots and dancing with Joker shots

• Removed Enchantress dialogue about magic rising and metahumans

• Removed Harley and Boomerang getting hit by Incubus

• Removed Diablo’s cheesy lines about family

• Removed Enchantress dialogue about finishing her machine

• Removed Enchantress hand to hand fight with team.

• Tightened final sequence with explosives and Deadshot bullet

• Shortened Joker reveal at Harley escape

• Shortened extra scene with Waller and Bruce Wayne