Five DC Villains We Want To See In Suicide Squad

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In the wake of Warner Bros. announcing a whole bunch of movies based on characters from DC Comics, the one that’s jumped into the lead in terms of rumor and fan speculation is Suicide Squad. Part of it is because Warner promised to cast “A-list talent” in its four main roles, while the rest has to do with the fact that the idea is just plain cool.

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If you can imagine a modern take on The Dirty Dozen, but with super villains running the dangerous missions in return for potential pardons from their sentences, you’ve just about got it. Add in a sense that anyone on the team might not make it back at any time and some great character development and you’re talking about the formula that John Ostrander used to make the Squad so compelling in the late 80s. Yet the concept has proven so popular that DC has continued to revisit it all the way through the New 52 relaunch and up to the present.

Let’s assume for the sake of argument that Warner and DC will dip into every incarnation of the team to pick characters since the film continuity doesn’t have to be chained to any particular era of comics. It’s also a safe bet that even with four main roles, there are going to be a few more villains in the film, even if some of them end up as cannon fodder.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at five bad guys and girls we want to see on the big screen when Suicide Squad hits theaters in 2016.

(Quick aside: though he’s not a villain, it would be great to see Rick Flag Jr. on the team as well. It would give the Squad at least one relatable character, and there’s a lot of mileage the writers could get out of having one normal guy trying to deal with these relatively unstable and unwilling operatives.)

5. Bronze Tiger

Every covert ops team, even one with members who possess super powers, needs a kick-ass martial artist. Bronze Tiger certainly fills that role, as Ben Turner is one of the most skilled hand-to-hand combatants in the DC Universe.

In the comics, his sense of honor was an entertaining contrast to some of the more mentally unbalanced members of the team, and he often served as the conscience and field leader of the Squad. Again, the viewers will need a couple characters to root for in ways other than the “that villain is kind of cool” way, and Turner just makes sense.

Is the full tiger mask a bit much for a movie? Quite possibly, but Bronze Tiger has made plenty of comics appearances without it, and maybe the writers can save it for a particularly dramatic fight scene for maximum effect.

Just a thought, but Will Smith’s name has been thrown around in the initial wave of casting rumors. It’s difficult to envision Smith as one of the more ruthless, bloodthirsty villains, but wouldn’t he be perfect in this role? We think so.

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