SUCKER PUNCH

Sucker Punch stars Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung and Carla Gugino. Directed by Zack Snyder. Rated PG-13 with a running time of 2 hours. Studio: Warner Bros.

She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls—the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish)—to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller.

Well this film is different to say the least. Zack Snyder is a very interesting director and you can tell that this was his movie and he really wanted to make it. He is a very stylistic director and he is very good with heavy special effects in which this movie has a lot. I just don't understand why he really wanted to make this movie. It is literally a group of girls running around and shooting guns at a different variety of creatures, soldiers and robots. There isn't any character development and so you don't care at all for these girls. The cast was fine although Vanessa Hudgens sticks out like a sore thumb. It's just that the main group of girls don't have to really act because most of the movie is like a long video game action scene.

I have enjoyed Snyder's previous films like 300 and even Watchmen, but I guess this movie wasn't for me. To me the whole concept is laughable. The reason to have the majority of the film take place in the mind of Babydoll is that so there can be a whole bunch of action scenes that have no boundaries. The action is the only good thing about this movie and it is very creative for sure and at least I was entertained during those scenes but it's not enough to save the movie.

Zack Snyder's next movie will be the next Superman reboot and I believe he will do a good job. Just the thought of his creative styles mixed in with Christopher Nolan producing it is pretty badass. I still have faith in Zack Snyder but Sucker Punch isn't for everyone and it wasn't for me. Cool action but a weak story and no real characters make a disappointing movie.

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