Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller

Here, things are pretty clear – Amanda Waller is the best character in the entire flick. As EW notes, “Viola Davis classes up the proceedings as Amanda Waller.” Which is understandable, given her credentials. Viola Davis, thus, becomes the baddest of them all, according to Birth. Movies. Death., even if she isn’t an assassin, a psychopath, a drunk Aussie, a metahuman, or a cannibal.

Everybody seems to agree as far as Amanda Waller is concerned. This character is, maybe, the only one that should appear in further DCEU flicks (if the DCEU is going to continue and won’t be rebooted).

However, Viola Davis needs to fight with the script before fighting the bad heroes and the eventual villains of the movie. And this, ultimately, is a fight she cannot win. Thus, even if she is perfect as Amanda Waller, one still must question her character’s motives and logic. Especially since one of the bad guys she frees ends up being the ultimate threat of the movie.