5 Things About ‘The Suicide Squad 2021’ That Made Zero Sense and 5 Things That Made Perfect Sense
‘The Suicide Squad’ mixes sharp jokes with big action. It also swings between smart choices and head-scratching moments. Some scenes feel tight and earned. Others rely on luck or shortcuts.
This list looks at both sides. We go back and forth between things that made zero sense and things that made perfect sense. The goal is simple: call out where the movie’s logic breaks, and where it holds.
Zero Sense: Nobody checked if Weasel could swim
The team jumps from the plane and Weasel sinks right away. No one confirms a basic detail before a beach assault.
This is a special ops mission run by Amanda Waller. A simple question would save a life and a tracker. The gag is funny, but the planning is not.
Perfect Sense: The decoy beach and Team Two’s quiet landing
Team One draws the army and eats fire. Team Two lands elsewhere and moves in clean.
This fits Waller’s style. She treats people as pieces on a board. A loud distraction to shield the real play is cold, cruel, and believable.
Zero Sense: Mongal’s helicopter leap that wipes out allies
Mongal jumps onto a helicopter. It crashes and kills friendlies, including a key veteran.
A seasoned fighter knows not to cause a chain blast near teammates. This move reads reckless, not tactical. It helps chaos, not the mission.
Perfect Sense: Peacemaker killing Rick Flag to protect the cover-up
Peacemaker believes in “peace at any cost.” The proof is in his choice against Rick Flag.
He follows orders to keep the secret buried. It clashes with the team’s moral turn, but it fits his code. The act is brutal and consistent.
Zero Sense: General Luna’s sudden romance with Harley and weak security
The ruler meets Harley, fast-tracks a romance, and plans to use her as a symbol. Then he drops his guard and pays for it.
The whirlwind setup lets the plot move, but it feels thin. A paranoid leader would keep tighter control and better checks around a famous prisoner.
Perfect Sense: Bloodsport stepping up as leader after Flag’s death
Bloodsport keeps the squad together when it falls apart. He calls shots, sets positions, and adapts mid-fight.
His skills, calm aim, and respect earned on the field make this work. The team listens because he delivers.
Zero Sense: The javelin as a perfect Starro-killer
Harley keeps a single javelin with no clear use. It later pierces a giant starfish eye at the perfect time.
The payoff is stylish, but the setup is thin. It feels like fate handing over the one tool needed, right when it is needed.
Perfect Sense: Ratcatcher 2’s bond with rats decides the battle
She calls an ocean of rats. They swarm Starro and end the threat.
This is set up from the start. Her tech, training, and heart with animals are real strengths. The small and ignored become the key.
Zero Sense: Waller’s staff floors her and faces little blowback
Waller’s own people knock her out to stop a bad call. In a unit like hers, that should mean instant ruin.
The movie moves on fast. It treats a clear mutiny as a hiccup. Later stories show fallout, but here it feels too easy.
Perfect Sense: Starro’s last line and the theme of abuse
Starro was taken, caged, and used. Its final words show it wanted to be left alone.
This adds weight to the fight. The team stops a threat, but the story points at the real sin: people who made a weapon out of a living being.
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