Sucker Punch

Solid fantasy movies take you to another world. A place that you never would believe in a million years that it could actually exist, but that doesn't stop you from almost wanting to be there. A place that defies logic but looks so incredible that you don't even give a shit. Sucker Punch is definitely a movie that succeeds in the outrageous, yet stunning fantasy that is depicted.

Sucker Punch starts off in an interesting way. There is absolutely no dialogue at all for the first 10 minutes or so, which draws the viewer in more then it would have with tons of talking. The music video style that is used throughout helps especially in these scenes where the characters aren't saying a word. Babydoll (beautifully played by Emily Browning) is the quintessence if innocence in this movie. She looks like and acts like someone's beautiful little angel, but as we learn in later scenes...she knows how to beat a bitch as well.

The fighting scenes in this movie are amazing. They are in co-existence with the real-life scenes which adds to the tension of the girls having to defeat their enemies in the dream world that Babydoll creates, and the real world of the people who couldn't give two fucks if the girls live or die. Zach Snyder has expanded upon his creativity from 300. The fighting scenes draw you in and hold you once you're there.

The movie also contains a few twists that you really will be sucker punched by. While a lot of action movies are totally predictable from beginning to end, this one is different. You really don't know what could happen to these girls, especially when a few of them are put in these life or death situations that occur throughout. Sucker Punch is entertaining and enthralling from beginning to end.

Sucker Punch is a solid fantasy movie from beginning to end. The acting is stellar (especially from Emily Browning and Abbie Cornish), the visuals are breathtaking, and the story really does go in certain directions that you didn't see coming. Sucker punches really do occur from beginning to end.

3/4