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Sucker Punch (2011)

Directed by Zack Snyder

Fantasy | Action | Science Fiction

Most recently watched by sensoria, archstanton43, squeegull, elisabethwithns, jenerator, noahphex, sleestakk

Overview

A young girl, institutionalised by her abusive stepfather, retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.

Rated PG-13 | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Emily Browning | Abbie Cornish | Jena Malone | Vanessa Hudgens | Jamie Chung | Carla Gugino | Oscar Isaac | Jon Hamm | Scott Glenn | Richard Cetrone | Gerard Plunkett | Malcolm Scott | Ron Selmour | Alan C. Peterson | Revard Dufresne | Kelora Clingwall | Frederique De Raucourt | Monique Ganderton | Lee Tomaschefski | Eli Snyder | Cainan Wiebe | Danny Bristol | Brad Kelly | Peter Bryant | Patrick Sabongui | John R. Taylor | Chris Nowland | Christine Willes | Gina Garenkooper | Michael Adamthwaite | Phillip Mitchell | Ian Tracey | Sean Campbell | Arassay Reyes | Danielle Benton | Caitlin Goguen | Maiko Miyauchi | Paula Giroday | Louise Hradsky | Juliana Semenova | Allie Bertram | Vicky Lambert | Caroline Torti | Chantal Hunt | Carla Catherwood | Stephanie Sy | Kathryn Schellenberg | Geneen Georgiev | Annie Au | Tia Haraga | Hailley Caulfield | Daniela Dib | Jeff Dimitriou | John Howard | Thomas Fornataro | Antoine Baby Harry Calaway | G! Force | Nii Nortey Engmann | Gary A. Hecker

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Viewing Notes

Love him or hate him, you have to at least admire Zach Snyder’s visual flare for filmmaking. SUCKERPUNCH divided nerds when it was released theatrically a few months ago. Some mourned the death of cinema, others praised it’s ambitious visuals and Zach Snyder’s attempt at creating an original property.

SUCKERPUNCH has no intentions of being subtle. It’s a feast for the eyes and a slight workout for the brain. It attempts to empower women, while also giving mouth breathers a chance to live out their fetish fantasies of girls with guns, mechs, nazi zombies and dragons. Yes, SUCKERPUNCH has a slight identity crisis.

All that said, I enjoyed the flick. The visuals are astounding (the trench warfare sequence involving steam punk nazi zombies was my favorite) and most of the acting is pretty great. Each of the girls are pretty one-note, but they get the job done.

The story, on the other hand, is a jumbled mess. I’m sure Snyder had 4 or 5 different action sequences and tried to connect them all together somehow. It’s a shame that this just couldn’t be a straight up fantasy flick about badass babes fighting dragons and zombies. The “dream” approach really deflates each amazing set piece.

I appreciate the effort. Zach Snyder is a strong visual director and I was entertained for 2 hours by some stunning imagery. It’s a shame the story didn’t connect, but I’m down for watching this again. I’m sure there’s more beneath the surface, it’s a shame Snyder wasn’t able to make it all work. Still, I had fun.

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