It’s obviously fun to watch these characters interact with one another in a dynamic way, but the Extended Cut of Suicide Squad does so at the expense of the overall narrative’s pace.
Let’s get one thing out of the way before anything else: Suicide Squad suffers from some serious pacing issues.
The exposition-heavy first act is followed swiftly by a meandering second act, and the film caps off with an incredibly rushed climax — and the Extended Cut does nothing to help that problem.
The added footage only serves to further bloat the film’s opening half hour, and the extended scenes of the team walking through Midway City really slow the whole thing down.