Trailer seen somewhere in December 2010 when I was down under. If I remember correctly, I had called out as a movie that I really want to see coz it was extremely slickly made. Well Sucker Punch released weekend before last on the 25th March 2011 right in between World Cup frenzy in a cricket crazy country and I guess loads of people didn’t even know that it had released. Thankfully, it survived for a week more for me to catch up with it a couple of hours back. Director Zack Snyder, picks up from where he left off with 300 and Watchmen – and before anyone of you correct me, yes I know he made Owls of Gahoole as well but that wasn’t in the same genre. This one is in true Graphic Novel ishtyle… or should I say Graphic Movie style.
A girl, who doesn’t have a name per se but everyone calls Baby Doll (Emily Browning), all of 20 years old, loses her mother. She is now left to take care of her sister. But her step father has other ideas. He is extremely upset that his wife has left them a last will and testament that bequeaths all their wealth to her daughters. The only way he can think of avenging this is by raping Baby Doll who manages to run off and lock herself up in a closet. But the sick step father now goes after the younger sister – who one can imaging would be all of 7, maybe 10 years old at the most. Baby Doll would do everything to save her sister including shooting her step father and that’s exactly what she tries to do. But misses and the ricochet strikes her sister instead. Distraught with killing her own flesh and blood, she runs away but is soon caught by the cops and remanded to the Lennox Mental Asylum where her father pays a couple of grand to the nurse, Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac) to “take care” of her. In an attempt to cope up with her fears of the asylum Baby Doll puts herself into a make believe world where 4 other inmates become her closest friends – Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and Amber (Jamie Chung). She imagines herself being held at a dance bar owned by Blue and helped by the lead dance instructor, Gorski (Carla Gugino). Each time she is asked to dance, she imagines herself in a war like situation where she confronts her apprehensions and fears all in a quest to get out of the asylum.
Snyder starts his movie on the tune of “Sweet Dreams” sung by Emily Browning in a very haunting manner. And then he keeps the music coming through in every single frame. One of the best parts of the movie is the music which is a superb blend of metal and new age rock if I could call it that. The metaphorical references of our inner fears in the form of several high intensity wars and the use of special effects to bring the concept alive are both simply superb. The cinematography is also excellent. But where the movie falls woefully short is the appalling acting talent on display. With the exception of Scot Glen – who plays the role of the wise man – no one else seems to have any aptitude for acting. The stand out disaster is Vanessa Hudgens – stick to High School Musicals Ms. Hudgens. The rest of the cast barely manages to make it through. All in all, its an entertaining flick to say the least. After about half an hour you begin to think that it is just a soft porn action flick – which it is coincidentally – but the Fx is simply amazing which manages to get this movie a SciFi classification as against a Soft Porn one. Parental advice strongly recommended. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi107256089/
A girl, who doesn’t have a name per se but everyone calls Baby Doll (Emily Browning), all of 20 years old, loses her mother. She is now left to take care of her sister. But her step father has other ideas. He is extremely upset that his wife has left them a last will and testament that bequeaths all their wealth to her daughters. The only way he can think of avenging this is by raping Baby Doll who manages to run off and lock herself up in a closet. But the sick step father now goes after the younger sister – who one can imaging would be all of 7, maybe 10 years old at the most. Baby Doll would do everything to save her sister including shooting her step father and that’s exactly what she tries to do. But misses and the ricochet strikes her sister instead. Distraught with killing her own flesh and blood, she runs away but is soon caught by the cops and remanded to the Lennox Mental Asylum where her father pays a couple of grand to the nurse, Blue Jones (Oscar Isaac) to “take care” of her. In an attempt to cope up with her fears of the asylum Baby Doll puts herself into a make believe world where 4 other inmates become her closest friends – Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and Amber (Jamie Chung). She imagines herself being held at a dance bar owned by Blue and helped by the lead dance instructor, Gorski (Carla Gugino). Each time she is asked to dance, she imagines herself in a war like situation where she confronts her apprehensions and fears all in a quest to get out of the asylum.
Snyder starts his movie on the tune of “Sweet Dreams” sung by Emily Browning in a very haunting manner. And then he keeps the music coming through in every single frame. One of the best parts of the movie is the music which is a superb blend of metal and new age rock if I could call it that. The metaphorical references of our inner fears in the form of several high intensity wars and the use of special effects to bring the concept alive are both simply superb. The cinematography is also excellent. But where the movie falls woefully short is the appalling acting talent on display. With the exception of Scot Glen – who plays the role of the wise man – no one else seems to have any aptitude for acting. The stand out disaster is Vanessa Hudgens – stick to High School Musicals Ms. Hudgens. The rest of the cast barely manages to make it through. All in all, its an entertaining flick to say the least. After about half an hour you begin to think that it is just a soft porn action flick – which it is coincidentally – but the Fx is simply amazing which manages to get this movie a SciFi classification as against a Soft Porn one. Parental advice strongly recommended. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi107256089/
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