History Awesome / SuicideSquad2016

** When he has to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE7dZCfgQY8 demonstrate his skills]] to Amanda Waller, he takes various firearms and shoots bullets through the same bullet hole repeatedly without enlarging it on several targets. Even more amazingly, he does so with ''[[UpToEleven automatic weapons]]''. Worth noting, the (many) different things which factor into how a weapon will fire include the type of ammunition, temperature/humidity/air pressure, the specifics of each gun's components (many of which are interchangable by design), how well maintained/cleaned a weapon is, and whether or not the gun sights have been zeroed in relative to how the user holds the gun. Deadshot makes every bullseye with weapons he randomly picks up off a table without having seen them before or knowing anything about how they've been set up.

** During the first battle against [[spoiler:Enchantress']] HumanoidAbomination {{mooks}}, he mows down the entire last wave of them on his own. The veteran special forces soldiers actually ''stop firing'' to stare in awe at this display.

* Harley is ambushed by several of [[spoiler:Enchantress']] HumanoidAbomination {{mooks}} in an elevator. What does she do? She simply beats the shit out of them with her fists or [[BatterUp her baseball bat]]. She then casually walks out of the elevator, totally undisturbed, throwing a merry "Hey guys!" to the rest of the Squad.
* In a flashback, we see Boomerang taking down a partner on a heist only for [[spoiler: The Flash]] to show up and take Boomerang down in a second.

* A dark example, but [[spoiler:Amanda Waller nonchalantly whipping out her pistol and mowing down her entire support staff after being rescued by the squad without batting an eyelash, simply stating they weren't cleared for this level of secrecy]]. In a film that focuses on the baddies, there's none quite as unapologetically bad as Amanda Waller, [[GoodIsNotNice even if she is technically on the side of good]].

* The Joker [[spoiler:goes on a GunshipRescue for Harley]]. With [[GatlingGood plenty]] of [[MoreDakka bullets]]. And he [[TriggerHappy happily]] [[GigglingVillain cackles]] all the way through.
** And then he [[spoiler: [[JokerImmunity somehow survives]] the helicopter crashing and exploding to reappear in the last scene and bust Harley out of Belle Reve]].

** [[spoiler:El Diablo unleashes his true form and goes mano a mano with Incubus. [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Ahora sí, cabrón!"]][[note]]"It's on now, asshole!"- English subtitles translate it as "It's on, bitch!"[[/note]]]]
** [[spoiler:After Incubus is killed, Enchantress decides to take matters into her own hands, [[GameFace transform back]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning to her hideous form]] and take on the Squad herself. She hold her own ''very'' well with a combination of hand to hand combat, dual wielding swords, and TeleportSpam. Nothing the Squad does even fazes her (which include but is not limited to Harley bashing her head with her bat, Croc subjecting her to MetronomicManMashing, and Deadshot repeatedly shooting her bare back with his automatic pistols, and she takes ''no damage whatsoever'') and at the end of the fight she casually disarms them all with her magic, showing that ''she could have ended the fight anytime she wanted to''.]]
** Harley seemingly [[spoiler:[[ISurrenderSuckers surrenders]] to Enchantress... only to get close enough to rip her heart out of her chest.]]
** [[spoiler:Harley throws Deadshot her revolver at the same time Killer Croc throws the explosives in order to shut down the Enchantress' weapon. At the last moment, Enchantress tries one last attempt to trick Deadshot into not firing by using his daughter to plead with him. He doesn't fall for it.]]
* Just before the final battle above, Diablo[[spoiler: is not fooled for a second by Enchantress' illusions and manages to not only break out of it but get the rest of the team out of their dreams as well. Which makes sense given his morality, guilt and the fact he is actually an Aztec Fire God.]]
-->'''El Diablo:''' [[spoiler:I can't change what I did... '''AND NEITHER CAN YOU'''!]]
* The final scene: [[spoiler: The Joker blasts into Belle Reve, a prison designed to hold in the ''worst'' super-criminals alive, to break out Harley.]]

* The mid-credits scene: [[spoiler: After giving Bruce Wayne files on the metahumans in exchange for [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections protection from the backlash of]] [[KarmaHoudini Enchantress' rampage]] - which not only led to potentially hundreds of military and civilian casualties, but also the destruction of half of a city and several military installations - she taunts him with a not-so-subtle hint that she knows he's Batman. What does Bruce do? He does the one thing no one else but [[BigBad Enchantress]] has the balls to do and overtly ''threatens'' her with a BadassBoast, leaving a few cracks in The Wall's stony façade:]]
--->[[spoiler:'''Bruce Wayne''': [[ShutUpHannibal You should shut it down, or my friends and I will do it for you.]]]]
** Note that in [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague the Justice League cartoon]] [[spoiler: Waller made a similar implied threat, which elicited an OhCrap face from ''The Batman''. In this movie, Bruce Wayne makes it clear that he does ''not'' play that game and gives [[TheDreaded a subtle hint]] of how he's able to maintain his secret identity.]]
** [[spoiler: Considering that he did something similar in the [[Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice last film]] to Superman, it's now clear that Bruce Wayne, whether as a billionaire playboy or the Bat of Gotham, is in no way fazed by super-powerful beings or ruthless government officials, no matter how dangerous they may seem.]]

** [[spoiler:El Diablo unleashes his true form and goes mano a mano with Incubus. [[PreAssKickingOneLiner "Ahora sí, cabrón!"]][[note]]"It's on now, asshole!"[[/note]]]]

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* [[CriticProof Despite the downright hostile critical reception]], the movie smashed the August opening day and opening week-end records previously held by ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', remained at the top for three consecutive weeks and went on to gross over $745 million globally, surpassing the likes of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. It did so [[BannedInChina without a release in China]], which is usually a very lucrative market for such blockbusters. Domestically, it ended its theatrical run approximately $5 million short of the gross of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
** Speaking of box office numbers, Deadline Hollywood calculated that the movie was more profitable than ''Film/ManOfSteel'', ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', and ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. Let that sink in for a moment. A movie about C-list villains made more money than movies starring Batman and Superman, the most iconic superheroes in history.
* The entire album is SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in its own right, featuring a mix of artists and styles that perfectly encompassed the characters and the tone of the film. It wound up becoming ''the only soundtrack of the year'' to [[http://batman-news.com/2016/09/22/suicide-squad-the-album-gold/ go gold]]. For more details, see [[AwesomeMusic/DCExtendedUniverse here]].
* Surprisingly, the critical panning didn't dissuade UsefulNotes/AcademyAward judges from giving ''Suicide Squad'' the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, making it the first DC movie since ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' to get any Oscar recognition, and the first ''comic book movie'' overall at that since ''The Dark Knight''.
* One for Creator/MargotRobbie as she was tasked with playing an extremely popular character for the first time and pulled it off perfectly, so much that even people who didn't like the film had nothing but praise for her. Creator/PaulDini (Harley's co-creator) said [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/08/03/harley-quinn-co-creator-paul-dini-says-margot-robbie-nailed-it-p/ "she nailed it perfectly"]].
** Even better for Robbie is that her performance as Harley was so acclaimed that she'll be reprising her role as the character in a ''Film/BirdsOfPrey'' movie with Robbie getting bumped up to producer role in that movie.
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*** It's so awesome that witnessing it is the closest Waller ever comes to smiling in the entire movie. Sure, Enchantress can swipe classified intel from enemy nations on demand, but she's fully aware that the witch strains at her leash. Deadshot is a completely controllable asset capable of re-enacting the Kennedy assassination on demand. And he's ''her'' bitch.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome when Waller demonstrates metahuman potential to her higher-ups. June steps up where everyone can see them and whispers Enchantress' name. Lights start flickering, and we see a dark hand lock fingers with June's... then they twist, and suddenly, flawlessly, Enchantress is standing there and several government officials [[BringMyBrownPants require clean undergarments]]. Thing go into more traditional awesome territory when, on Waller's orders, she dematerializes, then rematerializes next to the guy in charge... with some classified information they've been hunting for ages.

** ** Speaking of box office numbers, Deadline Hollywood calculated that the movie was more profitable than ''Film/ManOfSteel'', ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', and ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''. Let that sink in for a moment. A movie about C-list villains made more money than movies starring Batman and Superman, the most iconic superheroes in history.

** And then he [[spoiler: [[JokerImmunity somehow survives]] the helicopter crashing and exploding to reappear in the last scene and bust Harley out of Belle Reve]]. In the theatrical cut at least.

* The entire album is AwesomeMusic in its own right, featuring a mix of artists and styles that perfectly encompassed the characters and the tone of the film. It wound up becoming ''the only soundtrack of the year'' to [[http://batman-news.com/2016/09/22/suicide-squad-the-album-gold/ go gold]]. For more details, see [[AwesomeMusic/DCExtendedUniverse here]].

* One for Creator/MargotRobbie as she was tasked with playing an extremely popular character for the first time and pulled it off perfectly, so much that even people who didn't like the film had nothing but praise for her. Creator/PaulDini (Harley's co-creator) saying [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/08/03/harley-quinn-co-creator-paul-dini-says-margot-robbie-nailed-it-p/ "she nailed it perfectly"]].

* One for Creator/MargotRobbie as she was tasked with playing an extremely popular character for the first time and pulled it off perfectly, so much that even people who didn't like the film had nothing but praise for her.
** Creator/PaulDini (Harley's co-creator) saying [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/08/03/harley-quinn-co-creator-paul-dini-says-margot-robbie-nailed-it-p/ "she nailed it perfectly"]].

* [[CriticProof Despite the critical thrashing]], the movie smashed the August opening day and opening week-end records previously held by ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', remained at the top for three consecutive weeks and went on to gross over $745 million globally, surpassing the likes of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' and ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2''. It did so [[BannedInChina without a release in China]], which is usually a very lucrative market for such blockbusters. Domestically, it ended its theatrical run approximately $5 million short of the gross of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

** Harley's creator saying [[http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/08/03/harley-quinn-co-creator-paul-dini-says-margot-robbie-nailed-it-p/ "she nailed it perfectly"]].

* One for Margot Robbie as she was tasked with playing an extremely popular character for the first time and pulled it off perfectly, so much that even people who didn't like the film had nothing but praise for her.

** When he has to demonstrate his skills to Amanda Waller, he takes various firearms and shoots bullets through the same bullet hole repeatedly without enlarging it on several targets. Even more amazingly, he does so with ''[[UpToEleven automatic weapons]]''. Worth noting, the (many) different things which factor into how a weapon will fire include the type of ammunition, temperature/humidity/air pressure, the specifics of each gun's components (many of which are interchangable by design), how well maintained/cleaned a weapon is, and whether or not the gun sights have been zeroed in relative to how the user holds the gun. Deadshot makes every bullseye with weapons he randomly picks up off a table without having seen them before or knowing anything about how they've been set up.