Should have made Joker the Big Bad.
- Go hard or go home: make SS an R Rated movie.
- Start the movie with a homage to the bank robbery in Dark Knight. Only this time, the gang are juiced up on a Venom derivative manufactured by the Joker. The Venom gives them superhuman strength and speed, but one of the side-effects is uncontrollable blood lust. The gang successfully rob the bank, but end up killing everyone there and dozens of cops before they are finally brought down.
- Waller sets up the Squad to kill the Joker and retrieve the Venom formula. She needs a black ops unit she can disavow all knowledge off because the Joker originally stole the Venom formula from the US Military. Waller thinks Harley's previous history with the Joker will give her an edge.
- The members of the Squad are introduced. We get a lot more Joker/Harley flashbacks. Apart from that, Harley, Katana, Killer Croc and Boomerang are basically unchanged, but Slipknot is revealed to be a serial rapist. Deadshot keeps his mask on at all times during the mission. He's also much more cynical and laconic. In other words, the Will Smith-ness is dialed way back. There is no mention of a happy family life. Indeed, it's hinted that a tragedy involving his daughter turned him into the cold blooded killer he is now. Enchantress should be cut from the movie because she's a lame character. The only real difference to Diablo is he doesn't suddenly decide the Squad are his new family.
- The first big set piece involves the Squad tracking down the Joker's Venom lab. They fight both the Joker and his goons. It's at this point that Slipknot panics, tries to escape and is killed by Waller. During the fight, Harley has the drop on Joker, but can't bring herself to kill him. He escapes with a large quantity of Venom.
- Waller's superiors cancel the program. The Squad will be returned to jail. Flag, who has developed a grudging respect for the Squad, allows them to have a few drinks in a bar. We get the complete scene from the trailer. While they are drinking, they see the Joker appear on the news: he announces he has kidnapped Waller and his holding her, along with many other hostages, at a Midway hospital. He invites Harley to join him. He also warns that all the members of his gang have taken the Venom, and that Harley needs to hurry because,
"My boys are getting hungry...and there are lots of juicy, little newborn babies lying around here..."
- We get the, "I can't wait to show you my toys/I'm just going to hurt you" scene. But this time it's the Joker torturing Waller.
- Harley and the rest of the Squad assault the hospital. The battle against the Venom goons is brutal. Flag and Deadshot are seriously injured. Boomerang is killed defending Katana, who was knocked out by one of the Venom goons. Croc and Diablo kill a lot of the Venom goons before sheer exhaustion render them ineffective. Eventually it comes down to Harley and Joker. He tries to sweet talk her into killing Waller, who has been brutally tortured. It looks as though Harley will do it, but at the last second she changes her mind and knives the Joker with the scalpel he had given her to slit Waller's throat.
- Film ends with the Joker in custody, the surviving members of the Squad recovering from their wounds, and Waller doing research on a new mission. We see the words, "Namba Parbat" on her computer...
- Mid credit scene with Batman and Waller.
