Expendable DCEU Army No. 1
When it was clear that the Parademons would arrive in Justice League, I feared that they would become one of those faceless armies the heroes have to defeat in order to reach the bad guy. And I feared that Warner Bros. would start repeating the same mistake Marvel has made at least twice (the Chitauri and the Ultron bots). I guess I should have realized that Suicide Squad was going to feature the first disposable army of the DCEU.
As mentioned, Enchantress is the weakest character in the entire movie, together with her brother Incubus. And their army is made up of zombies – for lack of a better word. Which wouldn’t be that bad – if it were an R-rated flick.
Thus, the confrontation between the squad and this army is, essentially, what one would expect from a PG-13 movie. And everybody agrees that some villains fighting some worse villains would use everything that they have in order to win.
However, despite all that, the action doesn’t even match Batman’s brutality in Batman v Superman. Rolling Stone notes:
A PG-13 crowd-pleaser that would rather ingratiate than cut deep, or even cut at all. My heart sank during the film’s big battle between the Squad and zombie soldiers. You heard me: zombies! The walking dead aren’t the only clichés that eat away at the potential in this material. Superfreaks become super sweeties and Suicide Squad: Dawn of Dullness (my subtitle) does the impossible. Forget Batman v Superman — at least it tried. This botch job makes Fantastic Four look good.
