'Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay' Is DCAMU's Best Installment Yet

In Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, the 10^th movie of the DC Animated Movie Universe, Amanda Waller sends Task Force X – composed of Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Bronze Tiger, Captain Boomerang, Killer Frost, and Copperhead – to retrieve a supernatural item that holds power over the afterlife, as other interested parties are in pursuit of this McGuffin as well.

'Suicide Squad' Extended Cut Simply Enforces What I Thought of the Movie the First Time Around

The “Extended Cut” of Suicide Squad didn’t polish the movie as much as the “Ultimate Edition” did for Batman v Superman.  Probably because it only has about thirteen minutes of additional footage.  But I welcome it nonetheless, since one of the things I liked about the movie is the twisted love story arc of Harley Quinn and the Joker, and a good amount of the additional scenes brought by the Extended Cut are more flashbacks of this deranged couple.

However, all in all, one’s feelings for this movie won’t radically change from his or her initial reaction about it after watching the theatrical version.  Thirteen minutes’ worth of new scenes won’t really make it an entirely different, much upgraded movie.

The DC Extended Universe Starts to Gel (a Bit) in 'Suicide Squad'

I wanted Suicide Squad to surprise everybody by being DC’s breakthrough movie.  The trailer looked fun and cool.  But with DC’s track record so far, I prevented myself from getting my hopes up.  Thus, I had no expectations of it being a mindblowingly terrific film.   Which might as well because when I finally got to watch it and it turned out being a mixed bag experience, there was no sense of disappointment. 

Still, I enjoyed it more than Batman v Superman.  Man of Steel is probably the most competent and coherent of the three DC Extended Universe (DCEU) movies so far.  But Suicide Squad, for all its problems, is the most fun.