Sucker Punch
Starring Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jamie Chung, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jon Hamm, Carla Gugino and Oscar Isaac
Written by Steve Shibuya and Zack Snyder
Directed by Zack Snyder
Released by Warner Brothers
I was totally waiting to watch this film and I was able to do that yesterday. I was giddy about the whole film because of the trailer (which hyped it really damn well) and mainly because its co-written and directed by Zack Snyder. Everybody knows that he is about as talented as anybody in the business today especially with his mind-bending visuals and cinematography, and therefore I was expecting a good show from him.
Did his first all-written/directed film live up to the hype?
Snyder creates a simple story formula that focuses on 4 (sexy and foxy) girls trying to escape their abusive captors. Led by Babydoll (Emily Browning), they have to muster up their inner courage to find and collect 5 mystical/symbolic items in order to escape their dark sanctuary and gain their lives and freedom once and for all. Each attempt to gain a symbolic item starts with a supposed dance/performance from Babydoll - which was really never shown - and is rather "represented" by her traveling into her own dream world, which doesn't really mash-up with the storyline and makes it all too confusing, making me go "WTF?" too many times.
