How The Suicide Squad Director's Cut Is Different

Will fans ever see the director's cut of Suicide Squad? While it's unclear if David Ayer's cut will ever be officially released, there's plenty of information online about how the two versions of the film differ. Here's what the director's cut of Sucide Squad would have looked like.

The introductory Comic-Con 2015 Suicide Squad trailer hinted at a hauntingly gritty movie, set to an eerie rendition of "I Started a Joke." It left the viewer taut with ominous anticipation, along with a sinking feeling that survival rates would be low, successfully capturing the ethos of Suicide Squad comic books.

These aren't inspiring tales of superheroes overcoming great odds, they're centered around repeated themes of violence, incarceration, torture, and death. Hence, the name "Suicide Squad." Ayer claims his film's midnight palette was inspired by Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, and his version is more akin to Todd Phillips' Joker.

By the time it hit theaters, however, audiences were left with a notably lighter movie, both literally and figuratively.

According to Ayer, drastic changes were made to his, quote, "soulful drama" by, quote, "shell shocked" Warner Brothers executives concerned about scathing reviews from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, as well as the wild success of Deadpool. In an effort to capture some of that box-office magic, Suicide Squad was transformed into a more comedic film.

According to Lady Falcon's interview with Richard Cetrone, Ben Affleck's stunt double, he shot a few additional action scenes that never made it to theaters.

Cetrone describes a scene in which Batman can be seen attempting to cut into the roof of the car with something like an oxy-fuel torch. Apparently, Batman's role was always intended to be limited, and the additional material featuring the character doesn't have as large an impact as other changes in a possible director's cut. However, even if it's not a large amount, more Bats is always a good thing. Keep watching the video to see how the Suicide Squad Director's Cut is different.

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A more somber tone | 0:00
More Batman | 1:16
More of June Moone's story | 1:53
Enchantress's different look | 2:35
Slipknot's backstory | 3:08
More Joker and Harley Depth | 3:43
Monster T's death scene | 4:42
Katana's larger role | 5:11
A more complex Harley | 5:50
A romantic subplot | 6:36
Joker pushes Harley | 7:08
Joker and Enchantress | 7:51
A faceoff with Joker | 8:22
Diablo survives | 8:58
A different final boss | 9:29

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