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Directed by Zack Snyder
Starring Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens and Abbie Cornish
Now this movie received an obscene (and in our opinion unwarranted)
amount of abuse after its release last year. And we’re going to come right out
and say it: Sucker Punch is not nearly as bad as some of the reviews.
The film is about a young woman who gets institutionalised
after attacking her step father and develops an alternate reality world of
different levels as a way of coping. She plots to run away and real life
mirrors her fantasy as she tries to obtain the objects to escape. As far as
plots go, there are much worse ones, the ending is rather clever and it may
lead to a (brief) discussion of theories.
In terms of acting, there leaves a lot to be desired, but
actually Cornish and Browning are fair actresses. The one performance which stood
out however was Oscar Isaac as a rat pack pimp who probably couldn’t have been
any creepier! The costume, hair and makeup is stunning and Snyder has used a
combination of real sets and CGI which interchange seamlessly.
Sucker Punch plays up everything that is commercially
successful. Hot gun wielding girls in short skirts, video-game-style fight
sequences and a kick ass soundtrack. For an entertaining movie that looks sleek
and is well produced, you won’t go far wrong with Sucker Punch. Sure, it’s no
Inception – but did it really profess to be that?
Rating: 6.5
Emily Browning as Baby Doll
Vanessa Hudgens as Blondie
Abbie Cornish as Sweet Pea
Jamie Chung as Amber
I look at the babes and guns from the point of view of a criticism of Geek culture, and refer to your picture here: http://sensefunction.blogspot.com/2012/06/babes-geeks-guns-and-sucker-punch.html
ReplyDeleteHave a look!