Ever since 2016’s “Suicide Squad” debuted to impressive box office returns but truly abject reviews, director David Ayer has seemingly been on an extended apology tour.
He previously apologized for how Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn was portrayed, and even took full responsibility for the theatrical cut of the film following its release.But the narrative has since shifted.
Now, there is a significant movement to release the so-called “Ayer cut,” of which the director himself has been publicly supportive.
It all stems from the revelation that Warner Bros.
stepped in to reshoot and recut “Suicide Squad” prior to its release following poor test screenings, adding some levity to the dark tone Ayer had worked hard to establish with his take on Task Force X.
The resulting film was a bewilderingly muddled affair that couldn’t quite figure out what it was trying to be.
But the “Ayer cut” was supposedly much more focused.
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