Sucker Punch

Ratings: 7.4/10

Film Class: B

Genre: Action Fantasy

A girl unjustifiably gets admitted into a mental institution for females by her abusive stepfather. There, she create an alternate reality to cope with her situation and gathers a team of female "warriors" to find freedom once again.

Weird. Definitely one of its kind. The flow of the story was fast paced, complemented with heart pumping soundtracks, the movie was beautiful in its own way. It wasn't what I had expected from the director who brought us classics like 300 and Watchmen, but every once in a while a director has to explore new areas. This wasn't his make or break movie, is was just a different kind of experience... imagine this... a super cool movie about girl power and though with unconvincing acting, was able to hold your attention throughout.

The movie might not bring justice to the word I'm going to use to describe this in a while, but I find it only apt. Possibly lowered in magnitude but still apt. Sucker Punch is guaranteed to keep you straight up in your seat, eyes glued, with a rather gorey ending but with a totally intriguing storyline to go along with it.

*major spoilers ahead* For the first time in any movie, the focus veers away from the lead protagonist because the movie was no longer about her at the end. Despite chalky narration, the point was still brought across with style and "elegance". True, the girls were mainly eye candies who might not necessarily excel in their performances, but was able to "sex up" the movie.

One word and one word only to sum up this film. Sucker Punch is yet another Zack Snyder's trademark film... revolutionary.