Ranking The Characters Of ‘Suicide Squad’ From Worst To Best

2. Deadshot

Deadshot may be Will Smith’s return to form as an actor as he knocked it out of the park in the role. From his introductory flashback scene we immediately like the character as his cockiness charms and his skills delight. His relationship that develops with Harley is fantastic and he really brings a lot of weight to his character. You want Deadshot to succeed and reunite with his daughter even if he is a mercenary. It was also painful for us to watch as he has to make the choice between himself and his daughter as you want him to escape Batman, something we rarely root for with Batman’s rogues gallery. He supplied a lot of comedic beats that worked perfectly within the film, and was the most intelligent and possibly most skilled member of the squad. His brief reunion with his daughter at the end of the film was also touching and funny as he explains the geometry of shooting targets. Many could view Deadshot as the number one character and I’d completely be fine with agreeing with that assessment, but for me one character shines a bit brighter.

1. Harley Quinn

While I must admit my slight (possibly even large) bias towards the character of Harley Quinn having waited years for her to appear on screen, this also offerred the chance for me to be greatly disappointed. Luckily I was not and Harley was done to perfection. I new going in that as long as Harley was done right I would at the very least like the film, and oh was she done right. Where to start? How about the reveal of her being the one that killed Robin and not the Joker. Yeah, she’s a psychotic badass alright. She’s super fun, perfectly crazy, intelligent, and strong. Beating several of the Incubus minions on her own, outsmarting Enchantress, and trying to attack Batman even while drowning show off her strength and why she deserves to be on the team among powered individuals. Margot Robbie perfectly portays Harley’s gleeful insanity, and even layering the performance with her traumatic past and I ate every second of it up. As a result of how invested I was wih her character, her emotional beats of a desire for a normal life with the Joker really hit home. The easter egg appearance of her original costume was fantastic as well. The only thing I could have wished for was more than just the nod to her hammer, seeing that in action would have been incredible.